ORDINANCES 


OF    THE 


CITY  OF  SEATTLE 


Pubiisiiou    by  Order   of    the    Common  Counci 


COMIMl 


HALL  &  OSBORNE, 

ATTORNEYS- AT-LAW. 


V.   i..   ii  \\i-'i  >i;i>.    r 
1880. 


S^LA 


University  of  California  •  Berkeley 

THE  PETER  AND  ROSELL  HARVEY 

MEMORIAL  FUND 


ORDINANCES 


OF    THE 


CITY  OF  SEATTLE 


Published   by  Order  of  the    Common  Council. 


Compiled  by 

HALL  &  OSBORNE, 

ATTO  RNE  YS-  AT-L  A  W . 


NOTK — This  volume  contains  all  the  Ordinances  of  the  City  of  Seattle  in  force 
at  this  date,  together  with  a  memorandum  of  all  Ordinances  passed  by  said  city 
MIICI;  its  organization. 

This  volume  is  not  a  revision,  but  a  compilation,  in  which  each  Ordinance  ap- 
pears in  the  exact  language  of  the  original  Ordinance  as  the  same  appears  ;>i 
tt-cord  in  the  "Record  of  Ordinances." 

Seattle,    A  ugusr  '20th  1880.  HALL  & 


SEATTLE: 

A.  E.    HANFORD,    PRINTER. 
1880. 


FIRST    COUNCIL. 

Mayor,                            -  H.  A.  Atkins. 

Couneilmen: 

S.  G  CalbouD,  Jobn  Collins, 

Frank   Matthias,  L.  V.  Wyekoff, 

Amo«  Brown,  C.  P.  Stone, 
A.  S.  Pinkham. 

Recorder,     -         -                                      -  I.  M.  Hall. 

Clerk:      -  Gk  N.  McConaha. 

Treasurer.  -                                     •  C.  H.  Burnett. 

Marshal,         -         -                   -  -      John  T.  Jordan. 


ORDINANCES 

PASSED  BY  THK 

FIRST   COUNCIL 

ORDINANCE  NO.  I. 

FOR    THE    PEVENTION    OF    DRUNKENNESS,    INDECENT    OR 
LY    CONDUCT     IN     THE    CITY     OF    SEATTLE- 

Approved   Dec    -2-J,  IH»W. 

7 he  City  of  Secvttk  ordains  as  follows  : 

THAT  any  person  who  may  hereafter  be  guilty  of 
drunkenness,  indecent  or  disorderly  conduct  in  any 
street,  road,  lane,  alley  or  any  public  place  within  the 
limits  of  the  City  of  Seattle,  shall  be  arrested  by  the 
City  Marshal,  or  upon  the  complaint  of  any  citi'/en, 
and  taken  before  the  City  Recorder  of  the  said  City 
of  Seattle  for  examination,  and  if  deemed  guilty  of 
violating  this  Ordinance,  said  City  Recorder  may  fine 
the  person  so  arrested  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  one 
hundred  dollars  and  costs,  and  in  default  of  payment 
of  said  fine,  the  person  so  offending  shall  be  com- 
mitted to  the  custody  of  the  said  City  Marshal  under 
whose  supervision  he  may  be  put  at  work  on  any  road 


or  street  and  work  out  said  fine  and  costs,  being  al- 
lowed for  said  work  at  the  rate  of  one  dollar  per  day 
until  paid. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  2. 

AN    ORDINANCE    CONCERNING    SWINE. 
Approved  Dec.  22,  186U. 

(Super ceded  by  Ordinance  No.  171.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  3. 

AN  ORDINANCE   REGLUATING   STOVEPIPES,  AC. 

Approved  Dec.  22,  186!). 

(Superceded  by    Ordinance  No.   186.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  4. 

AN     ORDINANCE     REGULATING     THE     FEES    OF    THE    CITY     RECORDER 
AND    CITY    MARSHAL. 

Approved   Dec.  22,  1869. 

(This  ordinance  has  been  repealed.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  5. 

AN    ORDINANCE    CONCERNING   DOGS. 
Approved  Dec    23,  1869. 

(This  ordinance  has  been  repealed.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  0. 

AN    ORDINANCE   RELATING   TO   THEATRICALS,  SHOWS,  CONCERTS,  AO. 
Approved  Dec.  23,  1869. 

(This  ordinance  has  been  repealed.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  7. 

AN    ORDINANCK     b'Ott    THE     PREVENTION     OF      REOKLEHS     AND      FA»T 

DRIVING    THROUGH   THK    STREETS    AND     UPON     SIDEWALKS 

WITHIN    THE    CITY    OF    SEATTLE. 

Approved  Dec.  *{,    1HW. 

2he  City  of  Seattle  doe*  ordain  as  follows; 

SECTION  1. — That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this 
Ordinance  if  any  person  or  persons  shall  willfully  ride 
any  horse,  or  drive  any  horse  or  other  animal  attach- 
ed to  any  carriage,  wagon,  cart  or  other  vehicle  what- 
soever at  a  reckless  or  immoderate  gait  through  the 
streets,  lanes  or  alleys  of  the  said  City  of  Seattle,  the 
person  or  persons  so  offending  shall  for  each  and 
every  such  offense  forfeit  and  pay  a  fine  of  not  less 
than  five  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars, 

SEC.  2. — -That  if  any  person  or  persons  shall  un- 
necessarily ride,  drive  or  lead  any  horse  upon  any 
sidewalk  within  the  said  City  of  Seattle,  he  or  they 
shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  in  any  sum 
not  exceeding  twenty-five  dollars. 

SEC.  3. — Persons  violating  the  foregoing  sections 
may  be  apprehended  by  the  Marshal  if  seen  in  the 
act;  or  arrested  upon  a  warrant  to  be  issued  by  the 
City  Recorder  on  the  complaint  of  any  citizen. 

SEC.  4. — Fines  and  penalties  under  this  Ordinance 
shall  be  paid  over  by  the  City  Recorder  into  the  city 
treasury. 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  8. 

AN    ORDINANCE     RELATING    TO    FINEH    AND    PENALTIES. 
Approved  Dec.  23,  1869. 

(This  ordinance  has  been  repealed.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  9. 

AN      ORDINANCE     RELATING      TO     THE     DISCHARGE     OF      KIKE     AKMrt 
WITHIN    THE   LIMITS    OF   THE    CITY   OF   SEATTLE,    *0. 

Approved  Jan.  13,  1870. 

(This  ordinance  has  been  repealed.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  10. 

AN    ORDINANCE    IN     RELATION    TO     CLOSING    SALOONS    AND    PLACED 

OP    BUSINESS. 
Approved  Jan.  22,  1870. 

(  This  ordinance  has  been  repealed.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  11. 

AN    ORDINANCE    IN    RELATION    TO    NUISANCJSrf. 
Approved  Feb.  2,  1870. 

(This  ordinance  has  been  repealed.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  12. 

AN    ORDINANCE    IN    RELATION    TO    THE     REPORT     OF    THE     CITY    RE- 

CORDER. 

\  Approved  Feb.  23,  1S70. 

(This  ordinance  Jias  become  obsolete.)        .;  ••  • 


ORDINANCE  NO.  13. 

AN    ORDINANCE   IN    RELATION    TO   BONDS    BEING     REQUIRED;  TO    BE 
GIVEN    BY   THE   OFFICERS   OP   SAID    CITY. 

Approved  Feb.  23,  1870. 

'Ike  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  folloivs: 

That  the  officers  of  said  city  be  required  to  file  with 
the  Clerk  bonds  for  the  performance  of  their  duties  as 
follows: 

Treasurer,  Assessor  and  Collector,  in  the  sum  of 
two  thousand  dollars.  The  Recorder,  Clerk  and  Mar- 
shal in  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars  each. 

This  ordinance  to  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage. 

ORDINANCE  ISO.  14. 

AN    ORDINANCE    IN  RELATION    TO    THE   COMPENSATION    OF   THE  CITY 

OFFICERS. 
Approved  Feb.  23,  1870. 

(This  ordinance  has  been  repealed.') 


ORDINANCE  NO.  15. 

AN    ORDINANCE     IN     RELATION    TO     THE   CEMETERY    GROUND. 
Approved  April  7,  1870. 

(This  ordinance  has  been  repealed.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  16. 

AN    ORDINANCE    IN    RELATION    TO    HORSES    AND   MULES    RUNNING    AT 
LARGE    WITHIN    THE    CITY. 

Approved  April  21,  1870. 

(This  ordinance  has  been  repealed.) 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  17. 

AN    ORDINANCE    IN    RELATION    TO    THE    CITX     TAXES. 
Approved  May  28,  1870. 

(This  ordinance  has  been  repealed.) 


SECOND    COUNCIL. 


mayor 

Councilmen. 

Amos  Brown, 

C.  P.  Stone. 

Frank  Matthias, 

J.  T.  Jordan, 

D.  N.  Hyde, 

O.  C.  Shorey, 

Josiah  Settle. 

Recorder 

L.  B.  Andrewi, 

Clerk 

G.  N.  McConaha. 

Treasurer 

C.  H.  Burnett. 

Marshal 

L.  V.  Wyckoff. 

ORDINANCES 

PASSED  BY  THE 

SECOND    COUNC1  L. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  18. 

AN  "UWN    NCE  IN  RELATION  TO  CITY  TAXES. 
Approved  Aug.   9,  1S70. 

(Thi.f  ordinance  has  been  repealed. ) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  19. 


AN  ORDINANCE  IN  RELATION  TO  811) WALKS. 
Approved   Aug    9,  1870 

(Thi*  is  a  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete-) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  20. 


AN  ORDINANCE     FOR  THE  PREVENTION  OF  FIRES. 
Approved  Aug.  19,  1870. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

That  at  every  dwelling,  shop,  stable  or  other 
building,  occupied  for  business,  there  shall  be 
one  or  more  casks  of  water  of  not  less  than 
forty  gallons,  in  some  acceptable  place  to  be 
used  in  case  of  fire  ;  and  it  is  hereby  made  the 
duty  of  the  City  Marshal  to  see  that  this  is  enforced; 


and  it'anv  persons  shall  refuse  to  provide  anil  k""-) 
-<nch  casks  of  water  after  due  notice,  thov  shall  u>  »i 
conviction- Vwfo re.  the  City  Recorder  pay  a  lino  .•{'  ;<MJ 
dollars  tor  each  and  every  da.y  they  sliall  so  nejeet 
to  provide  such  cask  or  ca.sKs  of  \vater. 
To  be  in  foive  from  and  after  itsp'ssage. 

ORDINANCE:  NO.  21. 


AN  OKDINANCK  IN  RELATION  TO  SIDEWALKS. 

A|)[i:..ve.i    0>-1.    (i,    1S;0. 

'/'///.><   /s  <!  local  or>'  utnncc  which  />"*  beconn  obsolt-te.) 


0  iiHNANOE  No.  22. 


.AN     .>M'J\      N.'i.-lX    :.•-.:.  A  <  I»»N   T  '   CLOVlNU  SALOONS  o'J    si   M)AVrs. 
Approved  Jan    ft,  1871. 

T'H'  ('it'.i  of  S&tttfo  does  ordain  as  foli.oir*  / 

That  the  front  entrances,  either  direct  or  in- 
•ifvct,  to  all  saloons  and  drinking  houses  shall  )>..•  aii.l 
;•  -main  closed  on  Sunday. 

Any  person  guilty  of  violating  this  ordinance  shall, 
•>n  conviction,  be  fined  in  a  sum  of  not  loss  than  ten 
nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars  for  each  and  e\erv 
offense. 

All  ordinane.es  or  parts  of  ordinanc.es  h  «rot  >foi-e 
passed  in  conflict  with  this  ordinance  are  hereby  re- 
pealed. 

This  ordin  nice  to  take  etloct  from  and  after  its  pa>- 

WltfC. 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  23. 


AN  ORDINANCE  IN  RELATION  TO  SIDEWALKS- 

ApproTed  Feb.  2,    1871. 

(This  is  a  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.    24. 

AN  ORDINANCE    IN  RELATION  TO  SIDEWALKS. 

Appeared  Feb.  2.  1871. 

(This  is  a  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  25. 

IN  RELATION  TO    TAXES. 

Approved  June  1,  1871. 

(This  ordinance  has  been  repealed.) 


THIRD   COUNCIL. 


Mayor 


C.  P   Stone, 
Amos  Brown, 
L.  B.  Andrews, 

Recorder 

Clerk 

Treasurer 

Marshal 

Assessor 


Councilmen 


S.  P.  Andrews. 


.1.  T.  Jordan. 


Prank  Matthian, 
C.  W.   Moore, 
S.  F.  Coombs, 


C.  C.  Perkins. 

(T.  JSJ.  McConalia. 

C.  H.  Burnett. 

L.  V.  Wyokotf. 

L.  V.  Wyckoff. 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  26. 


THE  PUNISHMENT  OF  MISDEMEANORS. 

Approved  Oct.  6,    1871. 

The  0>'ty  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  foflows  : 

Th-it  any  person  within  the  corporate  limits  of  sai  I 
city  who  may  commit  a  misdemeanor  as  defined  by  mi 
act  of  the  Legislative  Asse  nbly  of  Washington 
Territory  entitled  u  An  act  relative  t-»  criin- s  and 
punishments  and  proceedings  in  criminal  cases."  shall 
be  arrested  by  the  City  Marshal,  or  upon  co  *  plaint  of 
any  resident  of  said  city,  and  taken  before  the  Ciiy 
Recorder  for  examination,  when,  ir  found  guilty  »-f 
such  misdemeanor,  the  person  so  offending  sha  i  be 
fined  according  to  the  provisions  of  said  act-:  and  in 
default  of  payment  of  such  tine  together  with  the 
costs  of  arrest  and  conviction,  shall  be  committed  to 
the  custody  of  said  City  Marshal,  and  by  him,  and  under 
his  supervision,  be  kept  at  work  on  the  roads  or  streets 
of  said  city  until  such  tine  and  costs  shall  have  been 
worked  out  at  the  rate  of  one  dollar  per  day. 


ORDINANCE  NO   27. 

AN  ORDINANCE  IN  KELATION  TO  STREETS 
Approved    M  i.v    ?,    1872. 

'Ike  (Jit n  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  folimcs  : 

SEC.  I  --That  any  and  all  persons  are  hereby  pro- 
hibited from  obstructing  or  filling  up  Commercial  or 
Mill  streets  with  saw  dust  without  the  permission  of 


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the  Street  Commissioner. 

SKC.  2. — That  any  person  or  persons  found  guilty 
of  such  offenses  shall  be  fined  in  the  sum  of  not  less 
tlitin  ten  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  28. 

AN     ORDINANCE  IN  RELATION    TO    SIDEWALKS. 
Approved  May  2,  1872. 

(This  is  a  local  ordinance  and  has  become  obsolete  ) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  29. 

IN    HELATJON    TO    THK    DISCHARGE    OF    BALLAST,    ETC. 
Approved  May  2,    1872. 

(This  ordinance  has  been  repealed.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  30. 

IN    RELATION    TO    CITY    TAXES. 
Approved  June  6,  1872. 

(  This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  31. 


HEALTH    (ORDINANCE. 
Approved  July  2,  1872. 

(  This  ordinance  has  been,  repealed.) 


FOURTH   COUNCIL. 


Mayor                                                        -.  C.  P.  Stone. 

Councilmen. 

Frank  Matthias,  M.  R.  Maddocks, 

S.  F.  Coombs,  J.  M.  Lyon, 

Bailey  Gatzert,  J.  T.  Jordan, 
L.  B.  Andrews. 

Recorder         -                            -         -  0.  C.  Perkins, 

Clerk                                              .  Gr.  N.  McConaba. 

Treasurer         -  C.  H.  Burnett. 
Marshal        -                           -                           -        L.  V.  Wyckoff. 

Assessor         -  L.  V.  Wyckoff. 


ORDINANCES 

PASSED  BY  THE 

FOURTH    COUNCIL 


ORDINANCE  NO.  32. 

FOR  THE   PUNISHMENT    OF    VAGRANTS. 
Approved  Nov.  14,    1872. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

That  any  person  able  to  work  and  support  himself 
in  any  honest  or  respectable  calling,  not  having  the 
wherewith  to  maintain  himself,  who  shall  be  found 
loitering  or  strolling  about  in  any  street,  alley  or 
common  or  any  public  or  private  place,  within  the  city, 
or  who  shall  be  an  idle,  dissolute  person,  or  who  shall 
go  about  begging,  not  having  any  regular  lawful 
business,  or  who  shall  occupy  for  the  purpose  of 
lodging  or  any  other  purpose,  any  barn,  shed,  shop, 
vessel  or  place  other  than  such  [as]  is  [are]  kept  for  that 
purpose,  without  permission  from  the  owner  or  party 
entitled  to  the  possession  thereof,  or  who  shall  lead 
an  idle,  immoral  or  profligate  course  of  life,  shall  be 


deemed  a  vagrant,  and  upon  conviction  thereof,  be- 
fore the  city  Recorder,  shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  of  not 
less  than  five  dollars  nor  over  one  hundred  dollar*, 
and  as  a  part  of  said  judgment,  unless  said  fine  be 
paid,  shall  be  committed  to  hard  labor  for  the  use  of 
the  city  at  the  city  prison  until  such  fine  be  paid 
by  due  course  of  law. 

This  ordinance  to  take  effect  from  and  after  its  pas- 


sage. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  33. 

Approved  Nov.  14.  1ST.'. 

The  City  of  Scuttle  does  ordain  as  fallows  : 

SEC.  1. — Every  person  who  shall  deal  at  the  game 
of  carls  called  faro  or  monte  or  other  banking  games, 
or'shc,,!!  set  up,  keep  or  exhibit  an  E.  0.  or  Roulette 
table,  shu fife  1  board,  bagatelle,  playing  cards  or  any 
other  instrument  for  the  purpose  of  gaming,  or  shall 
have  in  his  possession  to  be  used  for  such  purposes 
any  gaming  device  whatever,  shall,  on  conviction 
thereof,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  one  hun- 
dred dollars. 

SEC.  2. — Every  person  who  shall  suffer  any  gam- 
ing table  or  gambling  device,  prohibited  in  this 
ordinance,  to  be  kept,  exhibited  or  used  for  the 
purpose  of  gaming  in  any  house,  building,  steam  boat, 
raft,  or  other  water  craft,  lot,  yar  1,  or  garden  to  him 
belonging  or  bv  him  occupied  or  over  which  he  h:i> 

O         O  J  L 


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control,  shall  on  conviction   thereof  be    fined     in   any 
sum  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars. 

SBC.  3.— It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Marshal 
or  city  policemen  to  enter  any  gambling  house  or 
room,  with  force  if  necessary,  and  to  arrest  with  or 
without  a  warrant,  all  suspicious  persons  therein,  or 
arrest  any  person  or  persons  who  shall  violate  any  of 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

SEC.  4.* — Any  person  who  may  be  guilty  here- 
after of  violating  any  o(  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance, shall  be  arrested  as  provided  in  the  preceding 
section,  or  by  a  warrant  issued  by  any  Justice  of  the 
Peace,  upon  a  complaint  being  filed  by  any  citizen,  as 
provided  by  law  in  other  criminal  cases,  and  shall 
be  taken  before  any  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  Seattle 
precinct  in  King  county  for  examination ;  and  such  pro- 
ceedings shall  thereupon  be  had  before  such  Justice  of 
the  Peace  as  provided  by  law  in  other  criminal  cases  ; 
and  if  the  person  accused  be  found  guilty  of  the 
offence  charged,  such  Justice  of  the  Peace  shall  im- 
pose a  fine  not  to  exceed  one  hundred  dollars  and 
costs,  and  in  case  of  default  being  made  in  payment 
of  any  such  fine  and  cost,  the  person  so  offending  shall 
be  committed  to  the  custody  of  the  City  Marshal,  un- 
der whose  supervision  he  may  be  put  at  work  on  any 
road,  street  or  public  improvement  to  work  out  such 
fine  and  costs  at  the  rate  of  one  dollar  per  day, 

*.\s  anu-ndrd  by  Ordinance  No.  80. 


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This  ordinance  to  take  effect  from  and  after  its  pas- 
sage. 

Approved  Nov.  14,  1872. 


ORDINANCE  NO    34. 

RELATIVE    TO    THE    DUTIES    OF    THE    CITY    MARSHAL. 

Ike  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  ; 

SEC.  1— That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City 
Marshal  to  enforce  all  City  Ordinances  heretofore 
passed  without  special  complaint. 

SEC.  2 — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Marshal 
to  take  notice  of  all  violations  of  the  several  City 
Ordinances  and  bring  parties  offending  before  the 
proper  tribunal  to  be  dealt  with  according  to  law. 

This  Ordinance  to  take  effect  from  and  after  its 
passage. 

Approved  Nov.  14,  1872. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  35. 

IN    RELATION    TO     SIDEWALKS. 
A-)provjJ    Ds-    5.    1872. 

( This  is  a  local  ordinance  which  ha*  become  obsolete.) 


ORDINANCE  NO    36. 

AN  ORDINANCE    CjNCEBNlNG    SEATTLE  CEMETERY  ASD  CITY  SEXTON. 

Approved  J;n.  3,  1873. 

Ike  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  a*  fullers  :  ' 

SEC.     I. — That  all  the  following  described  lot.  piece 
or  parcel  of  land,  to- wit:     Beginning  at  the   quarter 


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section  post  between  sections  80  and  31  in 
township  25,  north  of  range  4  east  of  the 
Willamette  meridian,  thence  east,  varying  20  degrees 
30  minutes  east.  10.36  chains,  which  point  is  also  29. 
64  chains  west  of  the  post  to  sections  29,  30,  31  and 
32  in  said  township,  varying  21  degrees  and  30  min- 
utes east,  4  chains  to  the  south  line  of  David  T.  Den- 
ny's donation  claim,  [here  is  set  a  post  for  the  south- 
west corner  of  the  premises]  thence  north  varying  21 
degrees  20  minutes  east,  7.07  chains  to  a  post  for  the 
northeast  corner  of  said  premises,  thence  south  vary- 
ing 21  degrees  20  minutes  east,  7.07  chains  to  the 
place  Of  beginning,  containing  five  (5)  acres,  be  the 
same  more  or  less,  is  hereby  set  apart  for  the  burial  of 
the  dead,  and  shall  be  known  and  distinguished  as  the 
"  Seattle  Cemetery."  All  moneys  arising  from  the 
sale  of  lots  therein  shall  be  kept  a  distinct  fund,  and 
be  exclusively  expended  in  adding  to  or  ornamenting 
and  improving  the  cemetery. 

SEC.  2. — The  city  surveyor,  when  directed  by  the 
council,  shall  survey  such  portions  of  the  cemetery 
into  lots  as  may  be  deemed  necessary  from  time  to 
time  for  immediate  use.  Plats  of  the  survey  shall  be 
prepared  by  the  surveyor  and  duly  certified  and  re- 
corded in  the  office  of  the  auditor  of  King  County,  W. 
T.,  and  filed  and  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  city 
clerk.  The  lots  shall  be  represented  thereon  and 
numbered,  but  no  two  in  the  cemetery  shall  hereafter 
be  numbered  alike. 


SEC.  3. — The  Mayor  shall  s'jt  a  value  on  every  I;>t 
so  surveyed  before  the  same  shall  be  subject  to  sale, 
He  shall  likewise  re-appraise  the  unsold  lots  from  time 
to  time,  and  no  lots  shall  be  sold  for  less  than  the  ap- 
praisal, nor  shall  the  appraisal  be  less  than  $10. 

SEC.  4. — A  portion  of  the  cemetery  shall  be  sur- 
veyed and  set  apart  as  a  "  Potter's  Field,"  in  which 
all  strangers  and  inhabitants  of  the  city,  other  than 
the  owners  of  lots,  may  be  buried:  Provided,  that 
the  Mayor  may  in  special  cases  grant  permission  in 
writing  to  bury  any  stranger  or  inhabitant  as  afore 
said,  in  lots  which  may  be  reserved  for  that  purpose. 

SEC.  5. — The  City  Clerk  shall  keep  a  record  in 
which  shall  be  recorded  the  number  of  every  lot  here- 
to ore  or  hereafter  surveyed  in  the  cemetery,  begin- 
ning with  No.  l,with  columns  ruled  therein  for 
the  name  of  purchaser,  the  appraisal,  price  sold  for, 
and  date  of  sale.  Columns  shall  also  be  ruled  there- 
in for  any  re-appraisal  which  may  be  hereafter  made. 
On  the  sale  of  any  lot.  he  shall  cause  a  proper  entry 
to  be  made  and  for  a  neglect  of  this  duty  in  any  case, 
shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  $10.  He  shall  like- 
wise open  a  cemetery  account  in  which  shall  be  enter- 
ed all  moneys  received  or  expended  on  account  of  the 
cemetery,  and  all  orders  drawn  on  the  Treasury  for 
such  purposes  shall  be  designated  in  red  ink  on  the 
face:  **  Payable  out  of  the  Cemetery  Fund." 

SEC.     6. — The  Common  Council  shall  annually  ap- 


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point  a  City  Sexton,  who  shall  have  charge  of  the 
cemetery  arid  keep  the  grounds,  walks  and  avenues  in 
order  and  free  from  obstruction.  It  shall  be  his  duty 
to  enforce  the  ordinances  concerning  the  cemetery  and 
report  violations  to  the  May  >r  or  City  Attorney  for 
prosecution.  He  shall  have  power  to  arrest  all  per- 
sons who  shall  be  found  discharging  fire-arms,  or  tres- 
passing in  any  t.ther  n. aimer,  in  the  cemetery;  also,  to 
direct  how  and  where  any  dt-ad  body,  not  belonging 
to  the  owner  of  any  lot,  shall  be  buried,  and  to  pre- 
vent the  deposit  of  any  body  in  any  unsold  lots 
or  in  any  lot  the  property  of  another,  without  the  own- 
er's consent.  He,  under  the  direction  of  the  Mayor, 
shall  cause  all  dead  bodies  which  may  have  been  or 
may  hereafter  be  interred  without  permission  in  any 
unsold  lot  of  the  city,  or  in  any  lot  the  property  of 
any  individual  or  society,  to  be  removed  to  the  u  Pot- 
ter's Field,"  and  the  person  or  persons  so  interring  or 
causing  such  interment  shall  be  liable  for  the  expenses 
of  such  removal  which  may  be  recovered  in  any  action 
brought  for  the  recovery  of  the  penalty  hereinafter 
prescribed. 

S  c  7. — All  applications  for  lots  in  the  cemetery 
shall  be  made  to  the  City  Rexton,  and  it  shall  be  his 
duty  to  give  such  information  to  persons  desirous  of 
purchasing  the  same  as  they  may  request.  He  shall 
be  piovided  with  a  cemetery  plat,  on  which  all  lots 
which  have  been  or  may  be  disposed  of  shall  be  do- 


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signaled  by  coloring.  He  shall  also  be  provided  with 
a  book  containing  a  list  of  the  unsold  lots,  with  their 
numbers  and  the  valuation  of  each,  together  with 
columns  ruled  for  the  entry  of  the  name  of  the  appli- 
cant, and  if  sold,  a  memorandum  of  the  sale.  At  the 
request  of  ary  person  he  shall  grant  a  certificate  to 

the  Treasurer  under  his  own  hand,  which  may  be  in 
the  following  form : 

SEXTON'S  CERTIFICATE. 

OFFICE   OF  CI1Y   SEXTON,  I 

SEATTLE ,18...      \ 

I  do  certify  that  lot.,   numbered    iu  the   Seattle  Cemetery  is  unsold,  and  that 

the  same  is  appraised  at     Dollars:  That is  desirous  of  purchasing 

the  same.     J*ow  it  the  said shall  within  10 days  from  the  date  hereof,  pav 

the  said  sxim  of  m  >uey  to  the  City  Treasurer,  obtain  his  receipt  thereof  on  the  back 
hereof  and  make  application  for  a  deed  to  the  ciry  Clerk,  by  the  presentation  of  this 
Certificate,  he  shall  be  entitled  to  such  lot. .;  but  if  he  fail  to  pay  such  money  within 
the  time  aforesaid,  he  shall  forfeit  all  right  thereto,  and  to  any  money  which  he  shall 
have  paid  thereon. 

,  City  Sexton. 

The  certificate  of  the  Treasurer  on  the  back  of  such 
certificate  may  be  as  follows: 

OFFICE   OF   CITY  TREASURER,  ) 

SEATTLE ..  18...     $ 

Received  of ,  the  sum  of Dollars, 

in  full  of  the  amount  mentioned  in  the  within  Certificate. 

, City  Treasurer. 

SEC.  8. — On  the  payment  by  the  purchaser  of  the 
sum  of  money  named  in  the  Sexton's  Certificate,  a 
receipt  shall  be  endorsed  thereon,  by  the  Treasurer; 
and  it  shall  thereupon  be  the  purchaser's  duty  to  make 
application  for  a  deed  to  Mie  City  Clerk  within  1 0 
days,  by  filing  such  certificate  in  the  Clerk's  office. 
On  filing  the  same  the  Clerk  shall  cause  an  entry  of 

the  sale  to  be  made,  and  grant  a  deed  of  such   lot   to 
C 


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the  purchaser,  signed  and  acknowledged  by  the  Mayor 
under  the  corporate  seal,  which  deed  may  be  in  the 
following  form  : 

The  <  ity  ol'  Seattle,  in  consideration   of  the   sum  of Dollars,  I',  s.  (Jold  Coin, 

to  the  said  City  paid  by ,  doth    hereby,  in    conformity   with   the  <  'ity  <  )rdi- 

nance  of  the  Common  Council  of  said  city   in  such  case  made  and  provided,  jrive, 

-rant,   bargain,   -ell   and   convey    to   him,    the  said Lot. .No a- 

marked  on  flic  Cetuetery  I'lat  and  recorded  in  the  C'evk's  ollice  in  said  City,   Territory 

of  \Va-hinjxton :    To  have  and  to  hold  the  .-nine  with  its  appurtenances  to  .-aid bfe 

heirs  and  asbigns  forever,  foi-the  pnrpooeof  burying  therein  his  dead,  and  for  no  other 
ii-e.  intent  or  purpose  wha'cver:  Subject  nevertheless  to  such  rule-  and  regulations  a- 
tlie  Common  Council  of  .-aid  City  mav  from  time  to  time  enact.  And  the  .-aid  City  of 

Seattle  hereby  covenants  with  the  said hi-  heirs  and  a**sijrns  that  the  premi-e- 

designated  as  the  Seattle  Cemetery,  .-hall  forever  be  kept  as  a  place  for  the  burial  of 
the  dead  of  said  Cit\  . 

In  witness  whereof,   the  Mayor  of  said  City  has  -et  his  signature  and  cau-ed    the  Seal 

of  said  City  to  be  affixed  this  ...:, day  of — ,  A.  D.,  18.. 

Witne--: 

Mayor. 


TERRITORY   OF   \V ASHINiiTON,  ) 

COTNTY  OF    KlNfi.  ^ 

Personally  ..appeared  before  me -...,  City  Clerk, ,  well-k-iown  to 

me  to  be  the    Mayor  of  -aid  City  and  the  individual  who  subscribed  the   above   instru- 
ment, and  who  acknowledged  the  same  to  he  the  free  act  and  deed  of  said  City. 

In  Testimony  Whereof,  1  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  atlixed  the  Seal  of  .-aid  City 
the  day  and  year  first  above  written. 

,  City  Clerk. 

SEC.  9. — No  lot  for  which  any  certificate  may  be 
granted  by  the  Sexton,  shall  be  for  sale  more  than 
ten  days.  All  lots  shall  be  deemed  to  be  unsold  for 
which  applications  for  deeds  have  not  been  filed  in 
the  City  Clerk's  office  as  aforesaid,  although  the  pur- 
chase money  may  have  been  paid,  but  the  person  so 
neglectingto  make  his  application  shall  nevertheless  be 
entitled  to  a  deed  after  the  lapse  of  ten  days,  as  afore- 
said, if  no  previous  deed  shall  have  been  made  to 
another  purchaser.  No  deed  shall  in  any  case  be 
made  for  any  lot  previously  deeded,  and  in  all  cases 
when  subsequent  certificates  shall  be  granted  for  the 
same  lot  or  lots,  in  such  cases  shall  be  refunded  the 


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purchase  morioy  if  paid  by  him,  arid  he  shall  have  ap- 
plied for  a  certificate  within  the  tune  aforesaid:  Pro- 
vided the  City  of  Seattle  shall  in  no  case  be  liable  for 
damages  on  any  certificate  so  granted. 

SEC.  10. — No  person  to  whom  a  Sexton's  Certifi- 
cate shall  be  granted  in  pursuance  of  this.  Ordinance, 
shall  bury  any  dead  body  in  any  lots  described  in 
said  certificate  until  the  price  of  said  lot  be  paid  to 
the  City  Treasurer  and  an  application  has  been  filed 
in  the  City  Clerk's  office  fora  deed  in  accordance  with 
said  Ordinance.  Any  person  who  shall  bury,  or  at- 
tempt to  bury,  in  any  lots  until  as  aforesaid,  shall  be 
subject  to  the  penalties  prescribed  in  said  Ordinance 
f->r  burying  in  unsold  lots,  and  it  is  hereby  made  the 
duty  of  the  City  Sexton  to  prevent  such  burials,  and 
to  enforce  penalties  whenever  any  shall  be  incurred. 

SEC.  11. --The  City  Treasurer  shall  keep  a  Ceme- 
tery account,  in  which  all  moneys  received  or  paid  on 
account  of  the  Cemetery  shall  be  entered.  The  entry 
shall  comprise  the  date,  lot,  price  and  the  name  of  the 
purchaser.  The  Treasurer  shall  in  no  case  receive 
payment  for  the  same  lot  a  second  time,  although  ten 
days  shall  have  elapsed,  without  in  the  first  place  re- 
quiring the  subsequent  purchaser  to  procure  from 
the  City  Clerk  a  statement  on  the  back  of  the  Sex- 
ton's Certificate,  that  an  application  for  a  deed  has  not 
been  made  by  the  first  purchaser;  which  certificate  of 
the  Clerk  shall  only  be  received  on  the  day  it  bears 


«Hate,  and  not  thereafter.  If  any  officer  olher  than 
tlie  Treasurer,  shall  receive  any  money  on  account  of 
any  Cemetery  lot,  he  shall  he  subject  to  a  penalty  of 
$'25.00  in  each  case. 

SEC.  12  — If  the  City  Sexton  or  any  other  Sexton 
or  person  shall  bury,  or  attempt  to  bury,  any  dead  in 
any  uns  -11  lots  or  in  any  lot  belonging  to  another 
without  permission  in  writing,  or  if  any  person  shall 
resist  the  City  Sexton  in  the  execution  of  any  duty,  or 
refuse  or  neglect  to  obey  his  lawful  directions,  or  be 
found  in  discharging  fire-arms,  hunting  or  in  trespas- 
sing in  any  other  manner  in  the  Cemetery,  or  shall 
injure,  deface  or  destroy  any  tree,  tombstone,  stake, 
post,  fence,  monument,  vault  or  other  fixture,  build- 
ing or  thing  of  value  or  ornament  in  the  Cemetery,  or 
trespass  upon  any  grave  in  the  Cemetery,  he  or  they 
shall  be  severally  subjected  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than 
$10  nor  exceeding  $100,  and  the  court  or  magistrate 
in  its  discretion  may,  in  any  aggravated  case,  cause 
the  offender  to  be  imprisoned  for  a  period  not  exceed- 
ing thirty  days  in  addition  to  the  fine. 

SEC.  13  — The  Treasurer  arid  Clerk  shall  report  to 
the  Common  Council  on  the  first  day  of  every  month, 
a  true  statement  in  brief  of  the  several  accounts  kept 
by  them.  The  Sexton  shall  likewise  report  at  the 
same  time  the  number  of  certificates  granted  by  him 
with  a  description  of  the  lots,  the  name  of  the  person 
to  whom  granted,  and  the  date  of  each.  Such  reports 


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shall  be  referred  to  the  appropriate  committee  and  care- 
fully examined. 

SEC.  14. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Sexton 
on  the  appointment  and  qualification  of  his  successor 
in  office,  to  deliver  to  him  the  r  cords,  maps  and  pro- 
perty pertaining  to  his  office,  and  for  a  neglect  or  re- 
fusal to  surrender  the  same  or  a  part  thereof,  he  shall 
be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  $10  nor  exceed- 
ing $100  and  costs  of  suit. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  37. 

AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  VEHICLES. 

Approved   May   -2,   1«7I5. 

(This  ordinance  has  been  repealed) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  38. 

AX  ORDINANCE  LV  RELATION  TO  SIDEWALKS. 

Approved  May  '2,  187:>. 

(This  is  a  local  ordinance  and  has  become  obsolete  ) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  39. 

AUTHORIZING  and  empowering  Dexter  Horton,  A.  A.  Denny, 
John  ivollms  and  Charles  E.  Buivows  and  their  associates, 
assigns,  successors  or  executors,  to  erect  and  nuiintain  Gas 
Works,  and  to  lay  down  pipe  for  the  supply  and  distribu- 
tion of  illuminating  (las  in  the  City  of  tSeuttle,  Washing- 
ton Territory. 

Approved  June    (i,  187.'J. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1. — That  Dexter  Horton,  A.  A.  Denny.  John 
Collins  and  Charles  E.  Barrows  and  their  associates. 


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successors,  assigns  or  executors  be  and  they  are  here- 
by  authorized  and  empowered  to  erect,  establish  and 
have  in  operation  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the 
City  of  Seattle.  W.  T.,  on  a  suitable  place  or  site  to  be 
hereafter  selected  by  them,  subjectto  the  approval  of  the 
Common  Council  or  a  committee  thereof,  a  Manufac- 
tory of  Gas,  with  all  the  necessary  buildings,  apparatus, 
machinery  and  fixtures,  within  the  space  of  one  year 
from  the  date  of  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  sufficient 
for  the  illumination  of  the  said  City  of  Seattle,  and  at 
their  option  to  lay  down  gas  pipes  and  extend  the 
service  of  gas  throughout  the  said  City  of  Seattle,  and 
throughout  any  additions  that  may  here[afterj  be 
made  to  the  said  City  of  Seattle. 

SEC.  2. — That  the  said  Dexter  Ilorton,  A.  A.  Den- 
ny, John  Collins.  Chas.  K.  Burrows  and  their  assigns, 
successors  or  executors,  shall  have  the  exclusive  use 
to  lay  and  extend  gas  pipes  aud  apparatus  for  the  con- 
vevance  of  gas  throughout  the  said  City  of  Seattle, 
and  they  shall  with  as  little  delay  as  possible,  repair 
all  damages  done  to  the  streets,  alleys  and  public 
places,  and  leave  them  in  as  good  condition  as  they 
were  previous  to  the  laying  of  said  pipes  and  appara- 
tus; nor  shall  any  person  or  persons,  company  or  cor- 
porations, have  the  right  to  lay  pipe  for  any  purpose 
within  two  and  a  half  (2i)  feet  of  the  center  of  the 
gas  pipe,  except  when  necessary  to  cross  the  same, 
without  the  consent  of  the  said  Dexter  Horton,  A.  A. 


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Denny,  John    Collins,  Charles    E.  Burrows   and    their 
assigns,  successors  or  executors. 

SEC.  3. — That  the  said  Dexter  Morton.  A.  \.  Denny, 
John  Collins,  Charles  E.  Burrows,  am!  their  assigns, 
successors  or  executors  shall,  upon  requirement  of  the 
corporate  authorities  of  the  said  City  of  Seattle,  sup- 
ply gas  to  all  the  street  lamps  that  may  be  erected 
by  the  said  City  of'  Seattle  upon  the  line  of  pipe  at  a 
rate  not  to  exceed  the  sum  of  seven  (7)  dollars  pel- 
month  for  each  lamp  so  supplied  (said  lamp  to  be 
lighted  on  schedule  time  when  there  is  not  suffi- 
cient natural  light),  and  they  shall,  as  required  by  the 
said  corporate  authorities,  light  with  gas  such  public 
places  as  the  said  city  may  require,  when  located  upon 
the  line  of  the  pipe,  at  such  price  as  may  be  agreed 
upon  from  time  to  time,  not  to  exceed  that  paid  by 
private  consumers  for  like  service. 

SEC.  4. — No  other  person  or  persons,  company  or 
corporations,  shall  be  permitted,  directly  or  indirectly, 
to  erect,  build,  establish  or  maintain  any  other  gas 
work  or  works,  manufactory  'or  apparatus  for  lighting 
the  streets,  alleys  or  public  places  of  said  City  of  Se- 
attle or  supplying  the  inhabitants  thereof  with  gas 
during  the  term  of  twenty-five  (25)  years  from  the 
date  of  the  passage  of  this  ordinance:  Provided  that 
the  said  Dexter  Hortori,  A.  A.  Denny,  John  Collins, 
Charles  E.  Burrows,  their  assigns,  successors  or  exec- 
utors shall  furnish  a  sufficient  supply  of  gas  to  meet 


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the  requirements  of  the   said  City  of   Seattle  and  the 
inhabitants  thereof. 

SEC.  5. — That  if  the  said  gas  works  are  not  in  op- 
eration within  the  time  specified  in  Section  1  of  this 
ordinance,  and  unless  the  said  Dexter  Horton,  A.  A. 
Denny,  John  Collins,  Charles  K.  Burrows,  their  as- 
signs, successors  or  executors,  can  show  good  and 
sufficient  reason  for  such  delay,  then  this  ordinance 
shall  be  void  ard  of  no  effect. 

SEC.  6. — That  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and 
be  in  force  from  arid  after  its  passage. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  40. 

RELATIVE    TO    CITY    TAXES. 

Approved  June  6,  1873. 

(  This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.^) 


ORDINANCE  NO    41. 

RELATIVE   TO    HIDEWALK8. 
Approved  June  30,  1873. 

(This  is  a  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete.) 


FIFTH    COUNCIL. 


Mayor 


John  Leary, 
Kobt.  A  brains, 

J.  8.  Anderson, 

Recorder 

Clerk 

Treasurer 

Marshal 

Assessor 


Councilman 


Stuart  Cricliton. 


John  Collins. 


Isaiah  Waddell, 
Jus  McKinley, 
\Vm.  Mcydenbauer, 

E.  W.  Blake. 

E.  II.  Brown. 
I).  T.  Wheeler. 

F.  A.  Afinick. 
E.  W.  Blake. 


D 


ORDINANCES 

PASSKI)  BY  TIIK 

FIFTH    COUNCIL 


ORDINANCE  NO.  42. 

RELATIVE   TO    INDIAN    WOMEN. 
Approved  Aug.  14,  1873. 

7  }<e  Ciiij  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1. — That  all  dissolute  Indian  women  or 
other  disreputable  persons  found  loitering  or  strolling 
about  on  any  street,  wharf,  alley  or  common  or  any 
public  or  private  place  within  the  city,  except  actual- 
ly leaving  the  city  by  steamer  or  other  conveyance,  or 
arriving  by  such  conveyance,  shall,  if  found  after  9  p. 
M.  during  the  months  of  May,  June.  July,  August  and 
September,  and  after  8  P.  M.  of  October,  November, 
December,  January,  February,  March  and  April  of 
each  year,  be  deemed  vagrants  and  punished  as  such 
in  accordance  with  Ordinance  No.  32  of  the  Ordinances 
of  the  City  of  Seattle. 

SEC.  2. — This  Ordinance  to  be  in  effect  from  and 
after  its  passage. 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  43. 

RELATIVE    TO    BULLS. 

Approved   August  14,  1K73. 

The  Ctiy  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SEC.  1.  —That  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  bull 
or  bulls,  running  at  large  in  any  street,  alley  or  com- 
mon of  the  City  of  Seattle,  be  notified  by  the  Marshal 
to  immediately  remove  said  bull  or  bulls,  from  said 
street,  alley  or  common  of  said  city;  and  upon  said 
owner  or  owners  failing  to  immediately  remove  said 
bull  or  bulls,  from  running  at  large  in  said  city,  said 
owner  shall  be  brought  before  the  City  Recorder,  and 
upon  conviction,  he  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  ex- 
ceeding $20  f  twenty)  or  less  than  $5  (five). 

SEC.  2. — This  Ordinance  to  be  in  effect  from  and 
after  its  passage. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  44. 

IN  RELATION  TO  DEEDING  TIDE  FLATS  TO  S.  &  W.  W.  R.  K.  &  T.  Co. 

Approved  Aug.  18,  1873. 

The  <'ity  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

That  the  Mayor  and  Clerk  forthwith  execute  and 
deliver  to  the  Seattle  and  vValla  Walla  Railroad  and 
Transportation  Company,  a  quit  claim  deed  of  the  said 
city,  of  all  the  tide  lands  south  of  King  street,  in,  un- 
der, around  and  about  Hilliott  Bay,  from  extreme  high 
to  extreme  low  tide  and  to  deep  water. 


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ORDINANCE  NO    45. 

IN    RELATION    To    DOGS. 

Approver  Ausr    26,   1873. 

(This  ordinance  ha*  been  repeated.} 


ORDINANCE   NO.  46, 

IN    RELATION    TO    SIDEWALKS. 

Approved  Aug.   25,  1873. 

(This  i.s  a  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete.) 

ORDINANCE  NO.  47. 

IN    RELATION    TO    SIDEWALKS. 

Auproveu  Oct.  9,  1873. 

(This  is  a  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  48. 

IN    RELATION    TO    SIDEWALKS. 

Approved  Oct.  30,    1873. 

(This  is  a  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsoteie.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  49. 

IN    RELATION    TO    AUCTIONEERS,  AC. 
Approved  Nov.  6,  1873. 

(This  ordinance  has  been  repealed.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  50. 

IN    RELATION    TO    DELINQUENT    TAX  EH. 

Approved  Jan.  1,  1874. 

(This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.} 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  51. 

IN    RELATION    TO    TAXES, 

Approved  Jan.  1,  1874. 

(  This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete. ) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  52. 

IN    RELATION    TO    SIDEWALKS. 
Approved  Feb.  6, 1874. 

i.s  a  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete. ) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  53. 

IK    RELATION    TO    SIDEWALKS. 
Appiored  Feb.  6,  1874. 

(This  is  a  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  54. 

IN    RELATION    TO    SIDEWALKS. 

Approved  April  3, 1874 

(This  i*  a  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete  ) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  55. 

IN    RELATION    TO    8.  C.   &  T.  CO. 
Approved  May  7 ,  1874 . 

(This  is  a.  local  ordinance  granting  the  right  of  way  and  has 
obsolete.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  56. 

IN    RELATION    TO    PROSTITUTES. 
Approved  May.  7,  1874. 

I  he  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  ; 

SECTION   1 . — That  any  woman   or  girl,  found   upon 


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my  of  the  streets,  alleys,  wharves  or  other  public 
place  in  the  City  ot  Seattle,  soliciting  prostitution, 
shall  he  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  upon 
•.onviction  thereof  before  the  City  Recorder,  shall 
be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  $5  nor  more  than 
$100. 

SEC,     2. — This   Ordinance  to  be  in  effect   from  and 
its  passage. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  57. 

IN    RELATION    TO   SIDEWALKS. 
Approved  June    5,  1874. 

/'x  u.  IQMJ.  ordinance  and  has  become  obsolete  ) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  58. 

IN    RELATION    TO    TAXES. 
Approved  July   15,  1874. 

(This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  59. 

IN    RELATION    TO    TAXES. 
Approved  July   16,  1874. 

(  This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.) 


SIXTH     COUNCIL. 


Mayor  H.  L.  Zesier 

Councilmen: 

Chas.  McDonald,  M.  K.  Vladdocka, 

B.  F.  Briggs,  J.  C.  Kellogg, 

T.  D.  Hinckly,  E.  G.  Farnham, 

John  Collins. 

Recorder  -  -  C.  C.  Perkins. 

Clerk  -  -       W.  R.  Andrews. 

Treasurer        -         -  H.  W.  Rowland. 

Marshal      -  D.  H.  Webster. 

Assessor  W.  H.  Humphrey. 


ORDINANCES 

PASSKI)  BY  THK 

'SIXTH  COUNCIL 


ORDINANCE  NO.  60. 

IN     RELATION    TO    TAXES. 

Approved   Aug.  10,  1874. 

(  7V/./'. s  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  61. 

IN  RELATION  TO  THK  WANTON  DESTRUCTION  OF  PRIVATE  AND   PUBLIC- 
PROPERTY    BY    BOYS. 

Approved  An??.  10,   1874. 

7//.f  ( 'ity  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  foUmrs  : 

That  any  boy  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the 
City  of  Seattle  who  shall  maliciously  or  mischievously 
injure  or  destroy,  or  cause  to  be  injured  or  destroyed, 
any  property  of  another,  or  any  pubic  property,  01 
who  shall  be  guilty  of  the  crime  of  petit  larceny  M 
defined  by  an  act  of  the  Legislature  of  Washington 
Territory  entitled  "  An  Act  Relative  to  Crimes  and 
Punishments  and  Proceedings  in  Criminal  Cases," 
approved  November  10,  1873;  or  who  shall  be  guilty 


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nf  causing  a  disturbance  at  a  public  meeting,  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  shall  be  arrested 
by  the  City  Marshal r  or  upon  the  complaint  of  any 
resident  of  said  city,  and  upon  conviction  of  such 
misdemeanor  before  the  City  Recorder,  shall  be  fined 
in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  dollars  and  costsr  and  in 
default  of  such  payment  of  fine  and  costs,  shall  be 
compelled  to  work  out  the  same  upon  the  city  works 
at  the  rate  of  one  dollar  per  day. 

This  Ordinance  to  be  in   force  from   and   after  the 
date  of  its  publication. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  62. 

AN  ORDINANCE  IN  RELATION  TO  UNRULY  COWS. 

Approved  Sep.  3,  1874. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

That  any  person  deeming  himself  aggrieved  by  the 
breaking  of  a  cow  or  cows  into  his  premises,  through 
a  gate  or  otherwise,  may  make  complaint  to  the 
City  Marshal  of  such  breaking,  whose  duty  it  shall  be 
to  immediately  notify  the  owner  of  such  cow  or  cows 
of  such  breaking;  and  in  case  any  subsequent  com- 
plaint be  made  to  the  Marshal,  it  shall  be  his  duty  to 
take  such  cow  or  cows  into  his  custody  and  shall  hold 
them  for  the  period  of  ten  days,  during  which  time  he 
shall  advertise  such  taking  and  detention  in  the 
officical  paper  of  the  city,  and  shall  give  notice  that 

on   the   tenth  day  after  such  taking  and  detention,  he 
E 


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will  expose  such  cow  or  cows  at  public  sale  to  the 
highest  bidder;  and  in  case  the  owner  of  such  cow  or 
cows  does  not  before  the  said  tenth  day  pay  the  costs 
of  such  taking  an<l  detention  together  with  a  fine  of 
five  dollars,  the  Marshal  shall  sell  the  cow  or  cows  so 
taken  and  held  at  public  sale  to  the  highest  bidder, 
and  deducting  all  costs  together  with  a  fine  of  five 
dollars  shall  pay  the  residue  of  the  same  to  the  owner 
of  such  cow  or  cows. 

This   Ordinance   to  be  in  force  from  and  after  the 
date  of  its  passage. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  63. 

AN    ORDINANCE    IN    RELATION    TO    COW    BELLS. 

App  oved  Sept    3,  1874. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

That  any  person  aggrieved  by  the  ringing  of  a  bell 
worn  by  a  cow,  may  make  complaint  to  the  City  Mar- 
shal of  such  grievance,  when  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  Marshal  to  notify  the  owner  of  such  cow  of  such 
grievance;  and  in  case  the  owner  of  such  cow  does 
not  take  off  from  such  cow  her  bell,  it  is  hereby  made 
the  duty  of  the  City  Marshal  so  to  do. 

This  ordinance  to  be  in  force  from  and  after  the  15th 
day  of  September,  1874. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  64. 

AN  ODINANCE   IN    RELATION    TO    SIDEWALKS. 
Approved  Nov.  13,  1874. 

.s  is  a  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete.) 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  65. 


AN    ORDINANCE    IN    RELATION    TO 

Approved  Nov.  13,  1874. 

(This  i.#  ft  local  ordinance  and  has  become  obsolete.  ) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  66. 

IN    RELATION    TO    POLICE    POWERS, 

(  This  ordinance  ha*  become  obsolete.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  67. 

JN  RELATION    TO    THE    ASSESSMENT    AND  COLLECTION  OF  CITY 

TAXES. 
Approved  Jan.   22,   187ft. 

(  This  ordinance  has  been  repealed.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  68. 

IN  RELATION  TO  SIDEWALKS. 
Approved  Feb.   11,   1875. 

f  Thi*  is  a  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete  ) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  69. 

IN    RELATION    TO    SIDEWALKS. 
Approved  Feb.  13,  1875. 

(This  if  a  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete.) 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  70. 

IN    RELATION    TO    SIDEWALKS. 
Approved  Feb.   13,  1875. 

(TA/.S  >.s  <)  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  71. 

IN    RELATION    TO    SIDEWALKS. 
Approved  March  12,   187f>. 

(This  is  >t  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete. ) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  72. 

AN  ORDINANCE  IN   RELATION  TO  THE   ENTRY  OF  LAND*    WITHIN   THM 

CITY    LIMITS. 
Approved  May  15,  1875. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

That  the  Mayor  of  said  City  of  Seattle  be  and  he  is 
hereby  authorized  to  enter  Jn  the  name  of  the  said 
City  of  Seattle  all  Government  lands  within  the  cor- 
porate limits  of  said  city,  subject  to  entry  under  the 
laws  of  the  United  States  by  the  corporate  authorities 
or  inhabitants  of  said  City  of  Seattle,  arid  that  he  em- 
ploy such  means  as  necessary  in  the  premises. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  73. 

AN  ORDINANCE    DIVIDING    THE    CITY    OP    SEATTLE    INTO    WARDS. 
Approved  May  29,  1875. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 
SECTION  1. — That  the  said  City  of  Seattle  shall  be 


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and  by  this  ordinance  is  now  divided  into  three  elec- 
toral wards  as  follows:  All  that  part  of  the  said  City 
lying  south  of  Mill  street  shall  be  Ward  No.  One;  that 
part  of  the  said  city  lying  between  the  said  Mill  street 
on  the  south  and  Seneca  street  on  the  north,  shall  be 
Ward  No.  Two ;  and  all  that  part  of  the  said  city  lying 
north  of  said  Seneca  street,  shall  be  Ward  No.  Three. 
SEC.  2  —That  the  said  Ward  No.  One  shall  be 
entitled  to  elect  two;  the  said  Ward  No  Two,  shall 
be  entitled  to  elect  three;  and  the  said  Ward  No. 
Three  shall  be  entitled  to  elect  two  members  of  the 
City  Council. 

SEC.  3. — That  each  of  the  Councilmen  shall  be 
elected  from  the  Ward  in  which  he  is  registered  and 
shall  be  elected  by  the  legal  voters  of  only  that  Ward. 

SEC.  4. --That  voters  shall  register  with  the  City 
Recorder  from  the  Wards  in  which  they  reside,  and 
not  elsewhere. 

SEC.  5. — That  polls  shall  be  open  arid  held  open 
as  required  by  law,  in  each  one  of  the  ward&,  at  such 
places  and  time  as  the  City  Council  shall  see  fit  to 
direct — that  judges  and  clerks  shall  be  appointed  by 
the  Council  to  attend  at  such  places  upon  any  city  elec- 
tion, and  returns  shall  be  made  to  the  City  Council 
of  all  elections  held  in  any  of  the  said  Wards  as  re- 
quired by  the  Charter  of  said  city. 

This  Ordinance  to  be  in- force  from  and  after  its 
passage. 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  74. 

IN    RELATION    TO    SIDEWALKS. 
Appioved  Juoe  22,  1875. 

<i  focal  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  75. 

IN    RELATION    TO    8IDUWALKS. 

Approved   Jun«  22,  1875. 

<  Thi*  ',-s-  or  local  ordinance  which  has  bewnie  obsolete.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  76. 

IN    RELATION    TO    TAXES, 
Approved  June  22,  1875. 

2'A*«  ordinance  kas  been  repealed.  J 


SEVENTH    COUNCIL, 

Mayor      -                            -  Bailey  Gatzert. 

Couneilmen: 

Benjamin  Murphy,  Isaiah  Waddell 

G.  W.  Hall,  J.  K.  Bobbins, 

Josiah  Settle,  .T.  H.  Hall, 

John  Leary. 

Recorder  -------   Roawell  Scott. 

Marshal     -                           .         -                  -  L.  V.  Wyckoff. 

Treasurer        -                            ...  -  1).  T.  Wheeler. 

Clerk           .  H.  E.  Hathaway. 

Assessor                      -  -  L.  V.  Wyckoff. 

Surveyor      -                   -         -                            -  W.  B.  Hall. 


ORDINANCES 

PASSED  BY  THE 

SEVENTH    COUNCIL 

ORDINANCE  NO.  77. 

IN    RELATION    TO    SIDEWALKS. 

Approved  Sept.  21,  1875. 

(This  is  a  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  78. 

AN    ORDINANCE    IN     RELATION    TO    THE     OBSTRUCTION    OF    STREETS. 
Approved  Oc».  14,  1875. 

7 he  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  fottov:s  : 

SECTION  1.  —That  all  persons  are  hereby  prohibited 
from  placing  or  causing  to  be  placed  any  obstruction 
in  any  street  or  alley  within  the  limits  of  the  corpora- 
tion of  the  City  of  Seattle. 

SEC.  2. — The  Marshal,  by  the  direction  of  the  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  City,  shall  give  notice  to  any 
party  violating  Section  1  of  this  ordinance  to  remove 
the  obstruction ;  and  if  his  orders  are  not  complied 
with  within  24  hours,  the  party  so  obstructing  the  street 


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shall    pay  immediately   to   the   Marshal    the   costs  of 
removing  the  obstruction. 

This  Ordinance  shall  be  in  force  on  and  after  the 
date  of  its  passage. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  79, 

IN    RELATION    TO    THE    KEEPING    OF    POWDER. 

Approved   Nov.    13,  1875-. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1. — That  all  persons  are  hereby  prohibited 
and  restrained  from  keeping  more  than  twenty-five 
pounds  of  powder  at  any  one  time  in  any  establish- 
ment within  the  limits  of  the  City  of  Seattle,  except- 
ing in  the  City  Magazine. 

SEC.  2.— Any  person  violating  Section  I  of  this 
Ordinance,  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  in  any  sum  not  lesj- 
than  ten  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

This  Ordinance  shall  be  in  force  on  and  after  the 
date  of  its  publication. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  80. 

IN    RELATION    TO    SIDEWALKS. 
Approved  Nov.  11.  1875. 

( This  is  a  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete  ) 


ORDINANCE  NO   81. 

IN    RELATION    TO    CELLAR    WAYS    IN    SIDEWALKS. 

Approved  NDT.  13,  1875. 

City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 
SECTION  1 . — That  the  owners  or  occupants  of  prop- 
erty on  Mill,  Commercial  and  Washington  streets  are 
F 


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hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  use  and  occupy 
so  much  of  the  sidt-walk  on  said  streets  as  may  he 
necessary  to  open,  erect  and  maintain  entrance  or 
stairway  into  the  cellars  or  basements  of  such  prop- 
erty Prowled, 

1st,  That  said  entrance  or  stairway  shall  not  exceed 
three  feet  and  six  inches  outside  of  wall  building. 

2d,  That  the  person  desiring  such  entrance  or  stair- 
way shall  erect  and  maintain  at  his  or  their  expense  a 
good,  substantial  iron  railway,  [railing.] 


ORDINANCE  NO.  82. 

IN    RELATION    TO    SIDEWALKS 
Approved  Dec.  11,  187'). 

(  TV//*  is  a  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  83. 

IN    RELATION    TO    SIDEWALKS. 
Approved  Dec.  21,  1875. 

{This  is  a  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete.') 


ORDINANCE  NO.  84. 

IN    RELATION    TO    SIDEWALKS. 

Approved  Jan.  14,  1876. 

(  This  is  a  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  85. 

GRANTING  RIGHT  OF  WAY  TO  SEATTLE  COAL  A  TRANSPORTATION 

COMPANY. 

Approved  Jan.  25,  1876. 

(This  is  a  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete.) 


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ORDINANCE   NO.  86. 

AMENDING  ORDINANCE    NO.  THIRTY-THREE  IN  RELATION  TO  NAMING. 
•          Approved  Jan.  '21,  187»5. 

(See  Ordinance  No.  33.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  87. 

KULES  AND  REGHLATIONS  FOR  THE  HARBOR  OF  THE  CITY  OF 

SEATTLE. 
Approved  Jan.  22,  1876. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1. — If  any  ship  or  vessel  arriving  and  an- 
choring or  being  moored  or  fastened  to  any  wharf  or 
any  other  vessel  in  the  harbor,  shall  be  so  moored  or 
placed  as  to  be  unsafe  or  dangerous  to  any  other  ship 
or  vessel  previously  lying  at  <*nchor  in  the  harbor  or 
moored  or  fastened  as  aforesaid,  the  Harbor  Master  or 
his  deputy  is  hereby  authorized  and  required  to  forth- 
with order  and  direct  the  situation  of  such  ship  or 
vessel  so  arriving  to  be  changed  IP  such  manner  as  to 
prevent  such  insecurity  and  danger,  and  the  master  or 
other  person  having  charge  of  such  ship  or  vessel, 
shall  comply  with  the  orders  and  directions  of  the 
Harbor  Master  or  his  deputy  in  this  respect,  under  the 
penalty  of  twenty  dollars  for  each  and  every  failure  or 
neglect  to  comply  therewith. 

SEC.  '2. — Any  ship,  steamboat,  scow  or  other  ves- 
sel, whether  loaded  or  unloaded,  being  in  a  position 
to  prevent  or  interfere  with  the  mooring  or  passage 


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of  other  vessels  from  any  part  of  the  harbor  to  any 
other  part  thereof,  shall,  when  required  by  the  Harbor 
Master  or  his  deputy,  be  forthwith  moved  or  changed 
from  such  position,  and  the  master  or  other  person  in 
charge  of  such  ship  or  other  vessel  failing  to  make 
such  removal  in  one  hour,  after  being  ordered  so  to  (io 
by  the  Harbor  Master  or  his  deputy,  shall  be  subject 
to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  twenty 
dollars  for  each  offence.  Arid  after  or.e  hour  shall 
have  elapsed,  or  immediately,  in  case  there  be  no  per- 
son in  charge  of  such  ship  or  vessel,  the  Harbor 
Master  or  his  deputy  shall  remove  such  ship  or  vessel 
and  charge  the  owners  or  master  or  other  person  in 
charge  thereof  with  the  expenses  necessarily  incurred 
in  making  such  removal. 

SEC.  3. — All  vessels  anchored  or  moored  in  the 
harbor,  shall  keep  a  clean  and  bright  burning  light  at 
least  ten  feet  above  the  uppermost  deck  from  sunset 
until  sunrise,  and  no  vessel  shall  be  left  without  some 
person  to  take  care  of  her  by  night  and  by  day  while 
lying  at  anchor  in  the  harbor. 

SEC.     4  --[Repealed  by  Ordinance  No.  177. 

SEC.  5. — The  master  or  other  person  in  charge  of 
vessels  lying  at  the  wharves,  shall  comply  with  the 
directions  of  the  Harbor  Master  in  the  respect  to  the 
rigging  of  such  vessels,  to  prevent  accidents  and  in- 
convenience to  other  vessels,  and  a  failure  to  comply 
with  such  directions  of  the  Harbor  Master,  shall 


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render  such  person  so  offending  liable  to  all  damages 
arising  from  accidents  to  such  vessel  that  might  have 
been  avoided  by  compliance  therewith. 

SEC.  6. — Any  person  guilty  of  violating  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  Ordinance,  may  be  arrested  and 
taken  before  any  Justice  of  the  Peace  having  his 
office  in  Seattle  precinct  in  King  Count'/  for  explana- 
tion f?]  ;  and  thereupon  such  Justice  of  the  Peace  shall 
proceed  as  provided  by  the  laws  of  Washington  Ter- 
ritory for  other  criminal  cases,  and  in  case  of  a  con- 
viction of  the  person  so  accused  such  Justice  of  the 
Peace  shall  impose  such  fine  or  penalty  as  this  ordi- 
nance provides,  and  in  default  of  payment  thereof, 
commit  such  person  to  the  custody  of  the  City  Marshal, 
under  whose  direction  such  person  may  be  inquired  to 
work  out  such  fine  or  penalty  upon  any  street  road 
or  other  public  work  of  the  city  at  the  rate  of  one 
dollar  per  day. 

SEC.  7. — This  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in 
force  from  and  after  five  days  from  the  date  of  its 
publication. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  88. 

PRESCRIBING    THE     DUTIES    CF    THE    CLERK    OF   THE    CITY    OF 

SEATTLE  AND  FIXING  HIS  SALARY. 

Approved  Jan.  '29,  1^715. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  folio ir*  : 

SECTION  1. — The   duties  of  the  Clerk  of  the  City  of 


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Spittle,  are   such   us   proscribed   by   tbe  City  Charter 
and  by  ordinance. 

SECTION  2. — The  Clerk  shall  keep  a  fair  and  correct 
journal  of  the  proceedings,  and  to  file  and  keep  all 
papers  and  books  of  the  City  Council.  He  must  sub- 
mit all  demands  and  accounts  against  the  City  to  the 
Common  Council,  who  shall  by  vote,  direct  whether 
the  same  be  paid  or  not,  as  the}7  may  deem  just  and 
legal.  When  the  Council  orders  any  demand  or  ac- 
count to  be  paid,  if  money  has  been  appropriated  for 
that  purpose,  the  Clerk  must  draw  a  warrant  for  that 
purpose,  and  not  otherwise,  upon  the  Treasurer  for 
the  amount  ordered  paid,  which  amount  must  be 
drawn  on  the  General  or  Special  Fund  appropriated 
therefor  and  be  signed  by  the  Mayor  and  attested  by 
the  Clerk. 

SEC.  3. — The  City  Clerk  must  keep  proper  books 
of  account,  showing  therein  all  sums  appropriated, 
the  date  thereof,  and  out  of  what  fund,  the  date  and 
amount  of  all  warrants  drawn  thereon,  and  to  whom 
payable,  and  shall  keep  and  preserve  all  books,  papers 
and  documents  belonging  to  the  city  not  properly  in 
the  custody  of  any  other  officer  of  the  city,  and  pay 
all  monies  received  by  him  to  the  Treasurer  on  tin4 
first  of  every  month. 

SEC.  4. — The  City  Clerk  before  entering  upon  the 
duties  of  his  office,  shall  execute  to  the  City  of 
Seattle,  a  bond  in  the  sum  of  live  hundred  dollars, 


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with  sufficient  sureties  to  be  approved  by  the 
Mayor,  conditioned  that  he  will  faithfully  perform 
his  duties  as  City  Clerk  and  will  account  for  and 
pay[overj  all  monies  that  may  come  into  his  hands  as 
auchCity  Clerk. 

SEC.  5. — The  parties  who  are  sureties  upon  the 
bond  of  the  City  Clerk,  shall  be  required  to  file  with 
the  bond  affidavits  to  the  effect  that  they  are  worth  in 
the  aggregate  over  and  above  all  debts  and  liabilities 

and  exclusive  from[of]  property  exempt  from  ext-cu- 
tion,  at  least  the  amount  of  the  penal[ty  of  the]  bond. 

SEC.     6. — [This  Section  has  been  repealed.] 
SEC.     7. — This  Ordinance  to  take  effect  and  be  in 
force  five  days  after  its  publication. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  89. 

FIXING   THE     BOND     AND     COMPENSATION,    AND     DEFINING   THK    DITIKS 
OF  THE   CITY   TUEASUREU. 

Approved    Feb.    1,  1870. 

Thf,  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1. — That  the  City  Treasurer,  before  enter- 
iug  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  shall  execute  a  bond 
to  the  City  of  Seattle,  in  the  sum  of  fifteen  thousand 
dollars,  ($15,000),  with  sufficient  sureties,  to  be  ap- 
proved by  the  Mayor,  conditioned  that  he  will  faith- 
fully perform  his  duties  as  Treasurer  and  will  account 
for  and  pay  over  all  monies  that  may  come  into  his 
hands  as  such  Treasurer. 


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SEC.  2. — The  parties  who  are  sureties  on  the  bond 
of  the  City  Treasurer,  shall  be  required  to  file  with 
the  bond  affidavits  to  the  effect  that  they  are  worth 
in  the  aggregate  over  and  above  all  debts  and  liabili- 
ties and  exclusive  froin[of]  property  exempt  from  exe- 
cution at  least  the  amount  of  the  penal[ty  of  the]  bond. 

SEC.     3. — [This  Section  has  been  repealed.] 

SEC.  4.  —It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Treasurer, 
to  make  a  report  of  the  receipts  and  expenditures  to 
the  Common  Council  at  the  first  regular  meeting  in 
the  months  of  December  and  June  of  each  year, 
which  report  shall  be  published  in  any  newspaper 
published  in  the  city — said  report  must  set  forth  the 
amount  of  monies  received  from  taxation  or  other- 
wise, and  specifying  from  what  source  such  monies 
were  received,  and  showing  the  amounts  paid  out  from 
each  fund  during  the  half  year,  and  the  balance  of 
money,  or  other  money,  remaining  in  his  hands  at  the 
time  of  making  said  report,  with  a  schedule  of  all  war- 
rants paid  by  him  during  the  half  year,  specifying  the 
amount  and  the  number  of  each  and  the  fund  out  of 
which  said  amounts  were  paid. 

SEC<  5. — it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Treasurer 
to  cancel  every  warrant  paid  by  him  by  writing  across 
the  face  of  the  same,  the  word  "  paid,"  and  the  date  of 
payment,  either  by  writing  or  by  a  stamp,  and  said 


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w.irr.mrs  so  cancelled,  shall  accompany  each  semi-an 
nual  report. 

SEC  6. — All  warrants  drawn  upon  the  Treasurer 
sli-ill  he  paid  in  the  order  of  their  presentation. 

SEC.  7. —  The  semi-annual  reports  of  the  City  Trea- 
surer shall  be  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Ways  and 
Means,  and  after  being  approved  by  the  Common 
Council,  a  certified  copy  of  the  same  shall  be  publish- 
ed in  the  city  newspaper  for  two  consecutive  days. 

This  Ordinance  to  take  effect  and  be  in  force  five 
days  after  its  publication. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  90. 

FIXING   TIIK    LIMITS    WITHIN    WHICH  PROPERTY   SHALL  BE   SUBJECT  TO 
A  SPECIAL  TAX  FOR  GAS-LIGHT  PURPOSES,    FOR   THE    YEAR    187(5. 

Appro  veil  Feb.  12,  1876. 

(This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  91. 

IN   RELATION  TO  THE  ASSESSMENT  AND  COLLECTION  OF  TAXES 
Approved  Jan.    17,   187(5. 

(This  ordinance  has  been  repealed.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  92. 

FIXING  THE  COMPENSATION"  OF  THE  CITY   ASSESSOR. 

Approved  Feb.    18,    1870. 

(This  ordinance  has  been  repealed.} 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  93. 

IN    RELATION    TO    SIDEWALKS. 

Approved  Feb.  18,  1876. 

(TV*  is  a  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  94. 

REPEALING  ORDINANCE  NO.  83,  PUBLISHED  DEC.  21,  1875. 
Approved  Feb    21,  1876. 

(This  ordinance  simply  repeals  Ordinance  No.  83.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  95. 

TO  IMPOSE  AND  REGULATE  LICENSES  IN  THE  CITY  OF  SEATTLE. 
Apptoved  Feb.  24,  1876. 

(This  ordinance  has  been  repealed.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  96. 

TO  REGULATE    AND  LICENSE   CERTAIN   PLACES  OF  AMUSEMENT  IN   THE 
CITY  OF  SEATTLE. 

Approved  Feb.  28,  1876. 

7 he  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1. — That  no  person  or  persons  shall  employ 
any  female  or  females  in  any  house,  cellar,  bar-room 
or  drinking  saloon  within  the  City  of  Seattle  for  the 
purpose  of  selling  any  wines,  spirituous  or  malt  liquors, 
or  otherwise  attending  to  the  business  carried  on  in 
such  places  without  having  been  first  duly  licensed 
therefor. 

SEC.  2. — The  rate  of  such  license  shall  be  fifty 
dollars  per  quarter,  to  be  paid  in  advance  to  the  City 
Treasurer. 

SEC.     3 — That  no  person  or  persons  shall  keep  any 


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dance-house  in  any  cellar,  bar-room  or  drinking  sa- 
loon, or  carry  on  dancing  in  connection  therewith  in 
the  City  of  Seattle,  without  having  been  duly  licen- 
sed therefor. 

Sir.  4. — The  rate  of  such  license  provided  in 
Section  three  of  this  Ordinance  shall  be  fifty  dollars 
per  quarter,  to  be  paid  in  advance  to  the  City  Trea- 
surer. 

SEC.  5. — If  any  person  or  persons  shall  keep  any 
house,  cellar,  bar-room  or  drinking  saloon  in  the  City 
of  Seattle,  where  a  female  or  females  are  employed, 
or  allowed,  for  the  above  mentioned  purposes,  without 
taking  out  a  license  therefor,  such  person  or  persons 
shall,  upon  conviction  before  any  Justice  of  the  Peace, 
be  subject,  besides  the  payment  of  the  license,  to  a 
line  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  or  imprison- 
ment not  exceeding  twenty  days  for  every  offense. 

SEC  G. — If  any  person  or  persons  shall  carry  on 
dancing  as  provided  in  Section  3  of  this  Ordinance 
without  taking  out  license  therefor  as  provided  by 
this  Ordinance,  such  person  or  persons  shall,  upon 
conviction  before  any  Justice  of  the  Peace,  be  subject, 
besides  the  payment  of  the  license,  to  a  fine  of  one 
hundred  dollars  or  imprisonment  for  a  term  not  ex- 
ceeding twenty  days  tor  every  offense. 

SEC.  7. — This  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in 
lorce  from  and  after  five  (5)  days  after  the  date  of  its 
publication. 


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»    >  ,i  K:;M\(;  ;>KKK\SKS  AND  I 

A|)|n-!i\  f<l  March  :>,    ls7(>. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  folloics  ; 

SECTION  1.  —  That  any  person  or  persons  who  shall 
be  guilty  of  an}7  violent,  riotous  or  disorderly  conduct, 
or  who  shall  use  any  profane,  abusive  or  obscene  lan- 
guage in  any  street,  house  or  place  whereby  the  peace 
or  quiet  of  the  city  is  or  may  be  disturbed,  or  who 
shall  be  guilty  of  any  indiscreet  or  immoral  act  or 
practice,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof  before  any 
Justice  of  the  Peace,  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not 
loss  than  five  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

SEC  2.  —  That  any  person  or  persons  who  shall  fire 
any  pistol,  gun  or  rifle,  or  other  species  of  fire-arms 
within  the  following  limits:  Cedar  Street  .on  the  north 
to  Jud  kins'  Addition  on  the  south,  and  Tenth  Street  on 
the  east  between  said  limits  on  the  bay,  shall  on  con- 
viction thereof  before  any  Justice  of  the  Peace,  be 
subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  Mian  five  nor  more  than 
fifty  dollars,  or  imprisonment  at  the  [discretion  of  the] 
Justice  of  the  Peace  before  whom  he,  she  or  they  may 
be  arraigned,  not  exceeding  twenty  days:  Provided, 
that  the  City  Marshal  may  permit  upon  the  national 
holidays  and  other  days  of  public  celebration  any  ap- 
propriate display  of  firearms  and  other  instruments 
named  in  this  section. 

SEC.  3.  —  That  any  person  or  persons  who  shall  be 
guilty  of  any  assault  or  assault  and  battery  within  the 


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corporate  limits  of  the  City,  shall,  on  conviction  there- 
of, be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  (5)  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  or  imprisonment  at 
the  discretion  of  the  Justice  of  the  Peace  not  exceed- 
ing twenty  days. 

SEC.  4. — Any  person  who  shall  draw  any  species  of 
fire  arms  or  any  dirk,  dagger  or  knife  or  other  deadly 
weapon  upon  the  person  of  another  within  the  limits 
of  the  City  of  Seattle,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof  be- 
fore any  Justice  of  the  Peace,  be  fined  not  less  than 
five  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  and  may  be 
imprisoned  for  any  period  not  exceeding  twenty  days. 

SEC.  5. — Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  resist 
any  peace  officer  or  who  shall  refuse  to  assist  him  in 
the  discharge  of  his  duties,  or  who  shall  by  any  means 
whatever  aid  or  assist  any  person,  in  custody  upon 
charge  of  the  violation  of  the  City  Ordinance,  in  his  en- 
deavor to  escape  from  such  custody,  whether  such 
escape  be  effected  or  not,  shall  on  conviction,  be  fined 
not  less  than  twenty-five  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars,  and  shall  be  imprisoned  not  less  than  five  nor 
more  than  twenty  days. 

SEC.  6. — That  any  person  who  shall  falsely  assume 
to  be  a  Deputy  Marshal  or  other  officer  of  this  city, 
and  shall  take  upon  himself  to  act  as  such,  such  per- 
son upon  conviction  thereof  before  any  Justice  of  the 
Peace,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
ten  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 


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7.  —  No  person  or  persons  shall  ride  or  drive 
uny  horse  or  horses,  mule  or  mules,  or  any  beast 
<>f  burthen  within  the  corporate  limits  of  this  city 
at  a  greater  speed  than  six  miles  an  hour  under  a 
penalty  of  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

SRC.  8.  —  Xo  person  shall  throw  or  deposit  in  any 
street  or  sidewalk  or  foot-path  of  the  City  of  Seattle, 
any  broken  glass,  bottles,  crockery,  nails  or  other 
substance  whatever  whereby  the  feet  of  horses  or 
other  beasts  of  burthen  may  be  injured,  under  penalty 
of  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

SEC.  9  —  Xo  person  shall  suffer  or  permit  to  go  or 
shall  lead,  drive  or  ride  airy  horse,  mule  or  other  beast 
of  burthen  upon  any  sidewalk  within  the  corporate 
limits,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  nor  more 
than  thirty  dollars. 

SEC.  10.  —  In  all  cases  of  conviction  for  any  of  the 
offenses  mentioned  in  this  Ordinance  the  Court  shall 
adjudge  the  offender  to  pay  the  cost  of  the  prosecu- 
tion, and  shall  in  default  of  payment  of  fines  and  costs 
commit  the  offender  to  the  city  jail  for  a  term  of  im- 
prisonment no-t  exceeding  twenty  days. 

SEC.  11.  —  If  any  person  shall  willfully  cut.  remove, 
deface  or  in  any  manner  injure  any  fence,  gate  or 
enclosure  or  part  thereof,  placed  around  the  public 
squares  of  said  City  or  erected  by  the  authority  of  the 
City  Council  or  by  direction  of  the  Street  Commis- 
sioner upon  any  bridge  or  across  any  street  of  said 


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City,  he  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  or  may  be 
imprisoned  in  the  city  jail  for  not  more  than  twenty 
days,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Justice  of  the  Peace. 

SEC.  12. — All  Ordinances  or  parts  of  Ordinances  in 
conflict  with  this  Ordinance  are  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  13. — This  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be 
in  force  from  and  after  five  days  after  the  date  of  its 
publication. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  98. 

IN    RELATION    TO    SIDEWALKS. 

Approved   March  II,  ]S7(>. 

(  This  is  a  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  99. 

RELATIVE  TO  HARBOR  DUES. 

Approved  March  1,  1*7(5. 

(This  ordinance  has  been  repealed.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  100. 

OEFININ*.    I  UK   IH'TIES  AND  COMPENSATION   OF  THE  CITY    ATTORNEY 

Approved  March  7,  187(1. 

(This  ordinance  has  been  repealed.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  101. 

TO  IMI'O^K    AND    i:E<;tT.ATE    A   LICENSE  ON  HOTEL   Kl'XNEK*   IN   THE  CITY 

OF  SEATTLE. 

Approved    March    13,    1876. 

(This  ordinance  has  been  repealed.) 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  102. 


FIXING   THE   <  -OMPENSATION  OFTIIK   HARIJOIt    MASTER    OF   TIIK    CITY  OF 

SEATTLE. 

Approved  March  7,  187<>. 

(This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  103. 

HKI.  \TING  TO  PROCEEDINGS  IN*  CASES  OF  VIOLATIONS  OF  CITY  ORDINAN- 
(  K<  PA**EI>  P,Y  TIIK  COMMON  COUNCIL  OF  THE  CITY  OF  SEATTLE. 

Approved  March  15,  1876. 

(  This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  104. 

RELATING  TO  COMPENSATION  OF  CITY  SURVEYOR  FOR  MAKING  CERTAIN 

SURVEYS. 

Approve!  Aor.l  13,  1876. 

(This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  105. 

REPEALING   A  PART   OF    PART    EIGHT  (8)    OF   SECTION  NINE  (9)  OF  ORDI- 
NANCE   NUMIJER  NINETY-FIVE  (95). 

Approved    April  13,  1876. 

(  This  ordinance  has  been  repealed.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  106. 

IN    RELATION    TO    SIDEWALKS. 
Approved  April  13,  1S7C. 

(This  is  a  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete.} 


ORDINANCE   NO.  107. 

IN    RELATION    TO    SIDEWALKS. 

Approved   April  1:5,  lS7(i. 

(This  is  a  local  ordinance  which  Juts  become  obsolete.) 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  108, 

IN    KKLATION  TO  TAXES  FOIt  THK    YKAK    1«7« 
Approved  April  IS,  ls7(i. 

(This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  109, 

CHANGING  NUMBERS  OP  CERTAIN  STREETS. 

Approved  Apr,  15,  I87(i. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1. — That  in  Bell  &  Denny's  plat  of  the 
Town  of  Seattle,  recorded  in  Plat  Book,  vol.  1st,  page 
29,  1st  Addition  to  Bell  &  Denny's  plat  to  the  Town 
of  Seattle,  recorded  in  Plat  Book,  vol.  1st,  page  61 , 
and  2nd  Addition  to  Bell  &  Denny's  plat  to  the  Town 
of  Seattle,  recorded  in  Plat  Book,  vol.  1st,  page  71 ; 
that  the  names  of  certain  streets  shall  be  changed  as 
follows,  to-wit: 

Change  Broadway  to  Lake   Averue  Street. 

Front  St.     '•  Water  " 

2nd       "       "  West  " 

3rd       "       "  Front 

4th  >k  2nd 

6th  '•    4th 

and  drop  the  name  of  Water  Street  as  it  now  appears 
on  the  Plat. 

SEC.  2. — That  in  Terry's  First  Addition  to  the 
Town  of  Seattle,  recorded  in  Plat  Book,  vol.  1st,  page 
49,  arid  in  Terry's  Second  Addition  to  the  Town  of 
Seattle,  recorded  in  Plat  Book,  vol.  1,  page  87,  the 


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name  of  Pine   Street,  as  it   appears  upon  the  Plat,  is 
hereby  changed  to  Terrace  Street. 

SEC.     3. — This  Ordinance  to  take   effect  and   be  in 
force  from  and  after  its  passage. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  110. 

ESTABLISHING    GRADES    IN    THE    CITY    OF    SEATTLE. 

Approved  May  20,  1876. 

(Repealed,  by  Ordinance  No.  138.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  111. 

AN    ORDINANCE    TO    PROVIDE    FOR    FILING    PLAT  OF  AND  IMPROVING 
CITY     PROPERTY. 

Approved  May  16,  1876. 

7 he  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1. — That  the  map  of  the  City  of  Seattle, 
Washington  Territory,  showing  its  additions  and  the 
"Walla  Walla  Railroad,"  drawn  by  S.C.  Harris,  in  1875, 
and  lithographed  by  Britton,  Ray  &  Co.  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, California,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  adopted, 
ratified  and  confirmed  by  the  City  of  Seattle  so  far  as 
the  laying  off  and  plating  of  lots  seven  (1),  eight  (8), 
nine  (9),  ten  (10),  eleven  (11),  twelve  (12),  thirteen 
(13)  and  fourteen  (14),  of  Section  four  (4);  lots  six 
(6),  seven  (7),  eight  (8)  and  nine  (9),  of  Section  five  (5) ; 
lot  five  (5),  of  Section  eight  (8)  and  lot  seven  (7)  and 
eight  (8)  of  Section  nine  (9),  all  in  Township  num- 
ber (24)  twenty-four  north,  of  Range  four  (4)  east  of 
the  Willamette  meridian  with  a  park  and  blocks  and 
lots;  and  the  Mayor  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized 


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and  directed  to  cause  a  copy  of  said  map  embracing 
said  Park,  blocks  and  lots  to  be  duly  acknowledged 
as  a  true  plat,  and  filed  for  record  with  the  Auditor  of 
King  County,  Washington  Territory,  and  to  cause  all 
needed  improvements  to  be  made  in,  upon  or  about 
said  park  not  to  exceed  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dol- 
lars. 

SEC.     2. — This   Ordinance   to  be  in  force  and  take 
effect  from  and  after  its  publication. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  112. 

TO   PROVIDE   FOR  THE   GRADING   OF   FRONT   STREET. 
Approved  June  8,  1876. 

(This  is  the  ordinance  under  which  Front  street  was  graded.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  113. 

IN    RELATION    TO    SIDEWALKS. 
Approved  June  10,  1876. 

(Thin  /*•  a  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  114. 

RELATIVE  TO  1>KO<  I  KING  EARTH  FOR  THE  GRADING  OF  FRONT  STREET. 
Approved  July  8,  1876. 

(This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  115. 

AMENDING  ORDINANCE  NO.  114. 
Approved  July  17,  1876. 

(  This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.) 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  116. 

10    PROVIDE   FOR  THE    PARTIAL    GRADING   OF   MILL   STREET     UETWKKN 
FIFTH    AND    EIGHTH   STREETS,  OF  MAYNARD'S   PLAT. 

Approved  July  18,  1876. 

{This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  117. 

PRESCRIBING    THE    MODE  IN    WHICH  CHARGES    AND    ASSESSMENTS   FOR 
STREET   IMPROVEMENTS  SHALL  BE  ASSESSED    AND  COLLECTED. 

Approved  July  13,  1876, 

(This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  118. 

<;RKATING  A  FUND  TO  BE  KNOWN  AS  THE  STREET  IMPROVEMENT  FCNI> 

Approved  July  13,  1876. 

{This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  119. 

IN    RELATION    TO    SIDEWALKS. 

Approved  July  13,  1876. 

(  This  is  a  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  120. 

IN    RELATION    TO   SIDEWALKS. 
Approved  July  13,  1876. 

(This  is  a  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete.} 


EIGHTH    COUNCIL. 

Mayor,                                             -  -      G.  A.  Weed. 

Councilmen: 

Thos.  Clancy,  John    Leary, 

W.  W.  Barker,  Geo.   W.  Hall, 

Sam'l  Kenney,  W.  N.  Bell, 

C.  W.  Moore. 

Marshal,      -                           -  K.  H.  Turnbull. 

Clerk,        -  -    W.  A.  Inman. 

City  Attorney,       -                  -  D.  P.  Jenkins. 

Treasurer.    '  -   H.  W.  Rowland. 

Surveyor,     -  R.  L.  Thome. 

Assessor,                    -  -    W.  H.  Shoudy. 

Chief  of  Police,    •  R.  H.  Turnbull. 
Policemen,                 -         -          E.  A.  Thorndike  and  Wm.  Sibley. 

Sexton,         -         -  Thos.  S.  Russell, 


ORDINANCES 

PASSED  BY  THE 

EIGHTH    COUNCIL 


ORDINANCE  NO.  121. 


AMENDING  SECTIONS  UAND  4  OF   ORDINANCE   NO.  117. 
Approved  July  24,  1876. 

(This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  122. 

IN    RELATION    TO    BUILDING    A    SIDEWALK    ON    THE    NORTH    SIDE 
JACKSON    STREET  BETWEEN  COMMERCIAL  AND  SECOND  STREETS. 

Approved   Sept.  1,  187H. 

(This  is  a  local  ordinance  ivhich  has  become  obsolete*) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  123. 

TO  I'AY  GEORGE  EDWARDS  FOR  REBUILDING  THE  CRIBBING  AND  THh 
NECESSARY  EARTH-WORK  DONE  BY  HIM  ON  FRONT  STREET  BE- 
TWEEN COLUMBIA  AND  MARION  STREETS, 

Approved  Sept.  14,  187H. 

(This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.) 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  124. 

FIXING   THE  COMPENSATION    OF  THE    CITY    CLERK. 
Approved  Sept.  14,  1876. 

(This  ordinance  has  been  repealed.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  125. 

TO  PROVIDE  FOR  BUILDING  A  SIDEWALK    ON   THE   EAST  SIDE  OF  FRONT 
STREET   FROM  JAMES  TO  PIKE   STREET. 

Approved  Sept.  23,  187H. 

(This  is  a  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  126. 

PROVIDING  FOR  A  GRADE  ON  THE  NORTH  SIDE  OF  COLUMBIA  STREET 
AND  PARTIAL  GRA7  E  OF  ALLEY  BETWEEN  FRONT  AND  SECOND 
STREETS  AND  FROM  COLUMBIA  TO  MARION  STREETS. 

Approved  Sept.  23,  1876. 

(This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  127. 


TO  ESTABLISH  A  GRADE  ON  SENECA  STREET  AT  THE  INTERSECTION 
OF  FRONT  STREET  AND  A  PARTIAL  GRA,DE  ON  SENECA  STREET. 

Approved  Sept.  23,   1876. 

(This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  128. 

RELATING    TO    THE    POLICE    AND    THEIR    POWERS    AND     DUTIES    AND 

OTHER    PERSONS    MAKING    ARRESTS. 

Approved  Nor.  23,   1876. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1. — That  all  police  officers  of  the  City  of 
Seattle,  shall   have  power,  within   said   city,  to  make 


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arrests  without  as  well  as  with  warrants  for  any  viola- 
tions of  or  offences  against  any  Ordinance  of  said  city, 
for  which  an  arrest  is  authorized. 

SEC.  2. — That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  persons 
making  arrests  in  said  city,  to  bring  the  person  or 
persons  as  soon  as  practicable  before  some  court 
having  jurisdiction  of  the  offence  charged  within  said 
city,  and  make  a  proper  complaint,  so  as  to  vest  said 
court  with  jurisdiction  to  hear  and  determine  said 
cause. 

SEC.  3. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  police  officers 
of  said  city  whenever  they  have  reasonable  cause  to 
suspect  that  any  Ordinance  of  said  city  has  been  or 
is  being  violated  by  any  person  or  persons,  to  investi- 
gate the  matter  without  delay,  and  if  the  evidence 
renders  it  probable  that  some  one  or  more  persons  are 
guilty  of  having  violated  one  or  more  of  the  Ordinan- 
ces of  said  city  which  provide  for  punishment  on 
arrest,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  officer  having  such 
intormation,  to  arrest,  or  cause  the  arrest  of  such  sus- 
pected person  without  delay,  and  bring  them  [him] 
before  the  proper  court  for  investigation  or  trial,  and  to 
make  and  enter  proper  complaints  in  such  cases. 

SEC.  4. — No  police  officer  shall  be  or  become  an 
active  partizan  in  politics,  nor  in  any  way  meddle  with 
the  private  concerns  of  citizens  outside  of  the  line  of 
his  duties  «,s  such  officer. 

SEC.  5. — No  police  officer  shall   receive  directly  or 


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indirectly,  any  money  or  other  property  or  thing  of 
value,  for  services  of  any  kind  rendered  by  him  while 
a  member  of  the  police  force  of  the  City  of  Seattle, 
except  his  regular  monthly  pay  and  such  fees  as  are 
allowed  by  law,  and  which  may  be  actually  paid  in  in 
money  by  parties  adjudged  to  pay  costs  for  violation 
of  city  Ordinances:  Provided,  nevertheless,  the  Mayor 
may  give  any  officer  a  written  permit  to  receive  money 
or  other  property  or  thing  of  value  while  on  the  police 
force;  and  if  the  officer  shall  have  such  permit  before 
he  receives  any  such  money  or  other  property  or  thing 
of  value, he  shall  be  exempt  from  the  provisions  of  this 
Section  to  the  extent  granted  by  such  permit. 

SEC.  6. — No  police  officer  shall  make  use  of  any 
threatening  or  provoking  language,  or  be  guilty  of  any 
threatening  or  provoking  acts  towards  any  person  or 
property  within  said  city,  beyond  what  may  be  requir- 
ed or  proper  in  the  exercise  of  his  official  duties. 

SEC.  7. — Any  person  violating  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Ordinance,  on  conviction  thereof  before 
any  court  having  jurisdiction  thereof,  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  fined  in  any  sum  not  less 
than  five  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars,  and  stand  com- 
mitted until  the  fine  and  costs  are  paid  or  they  [he]  be 
otherwise  discharged  according  to  law. 

SEC.  8.  This  Ordinance  to  take  effect  and  be  in 
force  from  and  after  five  days  from  the  date  of  its  first 

publication. 
I 


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ORDINANCE  XO.  129. 

DELATING    TO    FIRE    WARDEN HIS    POWERS    AND    DUTIES. 

Approved   Nov.   23,  1876. 

Tht  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1. — The  office  of  Fire  Warden  i&  hereby 
established  for  the  City  of  Seattle,  and  the  Common 
Council  shall,  at  some  regular  meeting,  appoint  a 
suitable  person  to  fill  said  office,  and,  when  duly  ap- 
pointed, he  shall  before  entering  upon  his  duties,  take  an 
an  oath  in  writing,  to  fairly,  faithfully  and  impartially 
discharge  the  duties  of  said  office,  and  which  said  oath 
may  be  taken  before  any  one  authorized  to  administer 
oath?,  and  said  oath  when  so  taken,  shall  be  delivered 
to  the  City  Clerk  and  be  by  him  filed  and  preserved. 

SEC.  2. — Said  Warden,  when  so  qualified,  shall 
hold  his  office  during  the  pleasure  of  the  City  Coun- 
cil, and  receive  such  compensation  for  his  services  as 
the  City  Council  may  determine. 

SEC.  3. — The  duties  of  the  Fire  Warden  shall  be 
to  attend  to  the  enforcement  of  all  Ordinances  now 
in  force,  or  which  may  hereafter  come  in  force,  in  re- 
lation to  fires  and  subjects  connected  therewith,  and 
[hej  shall  have  the  care,  custody  and  control  of  all  pro- 
perty belonging  to  the  city,  intended  to  be  used  in 
extinguishing  fires. 

SEC.  4. — The  Fire  Warden  is  hereby  charged  with 
a  general  supervision  over  the  city  with  respect  to  the 
subject  of  fires,  and  places  that  are,  or  may  become 


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dangerous,  on  account  of  the  liability  or  probability 
tiiat  fires  will  be  started  und  r  such  circumstances  as 
to  heroine  dangerous  to  the  prosperity  and  welfare  of 
the  citizens. 

Sir.  5  — The  said  Fire  Warden  shall  be  diligent 
in  the  discharge  of  his  duties,  and  visit  and  inspect  all 
suspected  places  coining  to  his  knowledge,  and  on  dis- 
covering places  of  unusual  danger  from  fire,  it  shall  be- 
his  duty  at  once  to  give  such  orders  and  directions  for 
doing  away  with  such  danger  an  i  rendering  the  place 
safe  as  in  his  judgment  may  be  necessary,  and  which 
orders  or  directions  he  shall  communicate  to  the  own- 
ers, or  their  agents,  of  the  places  where  such  dangers 
exist,  as  to  the  occupants  of  said  places,  and  require 
such  danger  to  be  removed  within  such  time  as  he 
may  think  proper;  but  the  time  given  not  to  exceed  ten 
days  from  the  time  of  giving  such  notice,  and  if  such 
danger  is  not  remedied  or  removed  within  the  time  giv- 
er, then  the  said  Fire  Warden  may  enter  upon  the  prem- 
ises and  remedy  or  remove  such  danger,  and  the  owner 
of  such  property  shall  bj  liable  to  the  City  of  Seattle 
for  the  cost  of  the  work  a  id  m.iterial,  and  also  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  if  he  had  received 
the  notice  provided  for  in  this  section,  and  may  on 
conviction  before  any  court  having  jurisdiction,  be 
fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  or  more  than  fifty 
dollars. 

SEC.  G.  —On  any  dangerous  fire  breaking  out,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Fire  Warden  to  go  at  once 


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•<md  assume  and  take  control  of  the  persons  there  and 
the  means  to  be  used  in  extinguishing  it;  and  all  pe "- 
sons  while  in  the  vicinity  of  said  fire,  while  the.  same 
is  burning  dangerously,  shall  be  subject  to  the  reason- 
able orders  and  directions  of  said  Warden,  and  said 
Warden  may  in  cases  of  great  danger  and  emergency, 
cause  adjoining  buildings  or  structures  t  )  be  pulled 
down  or  demolished  in  any  way  and*  removed,  if  by 
him  thought  necessary. 

SEC.  1. — The  said  Warden  in  the  discharge  of  his 
official  duties,  shall  not  use  any  violent,  insulting 
or  abusive  language,  or  be  guilty  of  any  violent  acts 
not  required  by  his  official  duty. 

SEC.  8, — The  said  Fire  Warden  may  at  all  reason- 
able hours  enter  upon  the  premises  and  into  any  and 
all  buildings  and  structures  therein  situated  in  said 
city,  of  what  kind  soever,  for  the  purpose  of  inspec- 
tion, and  in  the  discharge  of  such  other  duties  as  may 
be  officially  required  of  him;  and  lie  may  arrest  or 
cause  to  be  arrested,  any  one  refusing  to  obey  or  sub- 
mit to  his  lawful  orders  or  authority,  and  in  cases  of 
arrest  under  this  section,  the  party  shall  without  un- 
necessary delay,  be  brought  before  some  court  having 
jurisdiction,  to  be  dealt  with  according  to  law,  and  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Fire  Warden  to  see  that  a 
complaint  be  entered  in  proper  form  against  any  one 
so  arrested,  and  give  his  aid  in  procuring  evidence  to 
sustain  the  charge  made. 


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SEC.  9. — Any  and  all  persons  violating  any  of  the 
provisions  or  requirements  of  this  Ordinance,  arid 
when  .  the  punishment  is  not  provided  for,  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction 
thereof  before  any  court  having  jurisdiction,  be  fined 
in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than 
fifty,  and  may  in  addition  thereto  be  imprisoned  in  the 
city  prison  for  any  period  of  time  not  exceeding  twen- 
ty days;  and  in  all  cases  when  the  party  is  found 
guilty,  it  shall  be  a  part  of  the*  judgment  that  they 
[he]  pay  the  costs  of  the  case. 

SEC.  10.— The  Fire  Warden  shall  contract  all  bills 
necessary  for  the  Fire  Department,  and  no  bills  shall 
be  recognized  by  the  Council  except  such  as  are  ap- 
proved in  writing  by  said  Warden. 

SEC.  11. — It  shall  be  the  duty  ol  the  Fire  Warden 
to  examine  all  property  belonging  to  the  city  for  the 
use  of  the  Fire  Department,  and  have  general  super- 
vision over  engines  and  apparatus  and  see  that  all  are 
kept  in  readiness  and  in  good  order  for  the  ready  ex- 
tinguishment of  fires. 

SEC.  12. — This  Ordinance  shall  take  eftect  and  be 
in  force  from  and  after  five  days  after  its  first  publi- 
cation. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  130. 

TO  PROVIDE  FOR    THE    HEALTH    AND    PREVENT    THE    SPREAD  OF  CON- 
TAGIOUS   DIHEASE8    WITHIN    THE    CITY    OF    SEATTLE. 
Approved  Dec.  30,   J«7»i. 

7 he  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  ; 
SECTION   1. — The  City  Council  shall  select  and  ap- 


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point  some  suitable  person  to  look  attor  and  superin- 
tend all  matters  pertaining  to  the  health  of  the  City, 
and  who  shall  be  known  and  styled  u  The  Health 
Officer/'  and  shall  have  and  exercise  such  power  and 
perform  such  duties  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  the 
Ordinances  of  the  City. 

SEC.  2. — The  Chief  of  Police  shall  be  the  executive 
officer,  to  execute  and  carry  out  the  orders  and  direc- 
tions of  the  Health  Officer,  except  where  otherwise 
provided  by  Ordinance  or  the  orders  or  directions  of 
said  Health  Officer. 

SEC.  3  — The  Health  Officer  shall  be  vigilant  in  the 
discharge  ot  his  duties,  and  order  the  abatement 
of  all  nuisances  seriously  e[a]rfecting  the  health  of 
the  locality,  and  apply  such  remedies  as  may  be  nec- 
essary to  remove  the  danger  and  renovate  the  place, 
and  when  corporations  or  persons  have  or  permit 
nuisances  on  their  premises  detrimental  to  health,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Health  Officer  to  cause  such 
corporations  or  persons  to  be  notified  to  abolish, 
abate  and  remove  the  same,  and  if  such  corporation 
or  person  shall  fail,  neglect  or  refuse  to  abate  and 
remove  the  same  within  three  days  after  receiving 
such  notice,  such  nuisance  may  be  removed  and  abated 
by  arid  under  the  order  of  the  Health  Officer,  and  the 
corporation  or  persons  whose  duty  it  was  to  so  abate 
or  remove  the  same,  shall  become  indebted  to  the  City 
of  Seattle  for  the  damages,  costs  and  charges  incurred 


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by  the  City  by  reason  of  the  existence  and  removal  of 
said  nuisance,  and  be  punished  also  as  provided  for 
by  this  Ordinance. 

SEC.  4. — The  Health  Officer  may  at  any  time  when 
deemed  necessary  to  prevent  thu  spread  of  smallpox, 
order  any  person  or  persons  to  be  vaccinated,  and  if 
any  one  receiving  notice  of  such  order  shall  refuse  or 
neglect  and  delay  for  three  days  to  comply  with  such 
order,  having  it  in  their  power  to  do  so,  they  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  in  case  of  poor 
persons  the  Health  Officer  shall  furnish  the  means 
and  the  City  shall  pay  the  expense  of  such  vaccina- 
tion. 

SEC.  5. — That  whenever  a  case  of  smallpox  or 
varioloid,  or  other  contagious  disease  shall  come  to 
the  knowledge  of  any  physician  or  other  person,  he  or 
she  shall  report  the  same  with  the  attending  circum- 
stances to  the  Health  Officer  within  six  hours  there- 
after. 

SEC.  6. — That  whenever  a  case  of  smallpox  or  vari- 
oloid within  the  City  shall  come  to  the  knowledge  of 
the  Health  Officer,  it  shall  be  his  duty  forthwith,  when 
safe,  expedient  and  practicable  to  cause  such  infected 
person  or  persons  to  be  removed  to  the  Pest-house 
and  there  properly  provided  for  and  taken  care  of; 
and  when  it  is  unsafe,  inexpedient  or  impracticable  to 
remove  such  persons  to  the  Pest-house,  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Health  Officer  forthwith  at  the  expense 


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of  the  occupant  of  the  house  or  place  where 
such  infected  person  or  persons  may  be  found,  to 
place  a  yellow  flag  not  less  tha.n  two  feet  square  at 
or  near  such  house  or  place  so  as  to  give  notice  to  all 
persons  [of]  the  locality  of  the  disease. 

SEC.  7.— That  no  person  knowing  or  having  cause 
to  believe  themselves  to  be  sick  with  the  smallpox  or 
varioloid,  and  no  person  acting  as  nurse  or  attendant 
upon  any  such  sick  person,  shall  appear  upon  any  of 
the  streets  or  alleys  of  the  city,  nor  shall  they  move 
about,  approach  or  mix  with  other  persons  without 
first  notifying  such  other  persons,  and  having  their 
free  and  full  perrnision  to  do  so,  until  they  shall  pro- 
cure a  certificate  from  the  attending  physician  or 
Health  Officer,  that  they  are  free  from  the  danger  of 
communicating  such  disease. 

SEC.  8  — No  person  shall  visit  a  patient  or  person 
sick  with  smallpox  or  varioloid  and  afterwards  appear 
upon  the  streets  or  alleys  or  in  any  houses  or  places 
in  the  city  where  they  would  be  likely  to  aid  in 
spreading  said  disease  until  they  procure  from  some 
practicing  physician  or  the  Health  Officer,  a  certificate 
that  they  are  not  liable  to  communicate  the  disease 
to  which  they  have  been  exposed ;  but  this  action  [sec- 
tion] shall  not  apply  to  physicians  or  the  Health  Offi- 
cer when  in  the  exercise  of  their  duties  as  such 
physician  or  officer. 

SEC.  9. — That  no  person  knowing  or  having  cause 
to  believe  th'einselves  sick  with  the  smallpox  or  vario- 


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loid  shall  come  within  the  city  limits,  until  they  ha\ <• 
sufficiently  recovered  to  be  safe  from  communicating 
such  disease,  and  no  person  or  persons  shall  bring  in- 
to the  city  such  infected  person  or  persons  knowing 
or  having  cause  to  believe  such  person  or  persons  so 
infected;  and  no  Indian  known  or  supposed  to  have 
come  from  any  place  where  smallpox  or  varioloid  ex- 
ists at  that  time;  shall  be  permitted  to  enter  or 
remain  ^in  the  city;  and  if  any  person  does  enter 
the  city  within  sixty  days  after  leaving  such  infected 
place,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  Health  Officer  to 
cause  the  removal  of  such  person  or  persons  from  the 
city,  and  in  case  of  their  neglect  or  refusal  to  leave 
the  city  upon  being  notified  so  to  do,  to  cause  their 
arrest  and  imprisonment  until  they  cease  to  be  dan- 
gerous. 

SEC.  10  —It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  of 
Police  to  be  vigilant  in  acquiring  information  touch- 
ing all  matters  provided  for  in  this  Ordinance;  and  to 
communicate  all  important  information  acquired  to 
the  Health  Officer  without  dely.  and  to  make  proper 
complaint  and  arrest  and  cause  to  be  arrested  all  such 
persons  as  shall  be  guilty  of  violating  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Ordinance. 

SEC.  11. — Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  Ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a  misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction  before  any 
court  having  jurisdiction,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum 


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not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars, 
or  may  be  imprisoned  for  a  period  not  to  exceed  forty  [?] 
days;  or  the  imprisonment  may  be  added  in  addition 
to  the  fine  in  the  discretion  of  the  Court. 

SEC.  12. — This  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in 
force  from  and  after  five  days  from  its  first  publica- 
tion. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  131. 

IN  RELATION  TO  BUILDING  A  SIDEWALK  ON  THE  EAST  SIDE  OF 
SIXTH  STREET  BETWEEN  UNION  AND  PIKE  STREETS,  IN  THE 
CITY  OF  SEATTLE. 

Approved  Jan.  11,  1877. 

(This  is  a  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  132. 

AX    ORDINANCE    CONCERNING    SMOKE-HOUSES   AND    PLACES   USED   FOR 
SMOKING  MEATS. 

Approved  Jan.  31,  1877. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1. — Hereafter  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any 
person  or  persons  within  the  limits  of  the  City  of 
Seattle  to  use  any  house  or  place  for  the  purpose  of 
smoking  meats  within  said  city,  that  is  not  fire- proof 
and  built  of  brick  walls  not  less  than  eight  inches  in 
thickness  and  completely  covered  over  with  an 
iron  roof,  unless  by  a  special  permit  in  writing  from 
the  Fire  Warden. 

SEC.  2. — Any  person  found  guilty  of  violating  the 
provisions  of  the  first  section  of  this  Ordinance,  shall 


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upon  conviction,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  tliun 
live  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  con- 
viction, and  stand  committed  until  the  fine  and  costs 
are  paid. 

SEC.    3. — This  Ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and 
ulter  five  days  of  [afterj  its  publication. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  133. 

AN    ORDINANCE     IK    RELATION  TO  WARRANTS  FOR  THE  COLLECTION  OF 
.DELINQUENT  TAXES  AND  THE  FEES  AND  COMPENSATION  TO  BE  AL- 
LOWED FOR  COLLECTION  OF  THE  SAME. 

Approved  Jan.  33,  1877. 

(This  ordinance  has  been  repealed.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  134. 

CONCERNING    SIDEWALKS. 
Approved  Feb.  1,  1877. 

(This  is  a  local  ordinance  which  has  become  obsolete.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  135. 

IN     RELATION    TO    THE    COLLECTION    AND    ASSESSMENT    OF    TAXES. 
Approved  Feb.  15,  1877. 

(Repealed  by   Ordinance  No.  136.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  136. 
[Substitute   for   No.    135.] 

TN    RELATION    TO    THE    COLLECTION    AND    ASSESSMENT    OF    TAXES. 
Approved  Mar.  10,  1877. 

(Repealed  by  Ordinance  No.  210.) 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  137. 

b  ordinance  of  this  number  was  ever  passed.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  138. 

AMKNDIM;  ORDINANCE  NO.  no,  ESTABLISHING  GRADES  IN  THE  CITY  OK 

SEATTLE. 

Approved  May  17,  1877. 

{Repealed  by  ordinance  No.  140.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  139. 

IN  RELATION  TO  THE  DISCHARGE  OF  BALLAST,  STONE,  GRAVEL, 
EARTH  OR  OTHER  MATERIAL  IN  THE  HARBOR  OF  THE  CITY  OK 
SEATTLE. 

Approved  Juue  20,  1877> 

(Superceded  by  Ordinance  No.  179.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  140. 

AMENDING  ORDINANCE  NO.  138,  ENTITLED  "ORDINANCE  NO.  138;  AMEND- 
ING ORDINANCE  NO.  110,  ESTABLISHING  GRADES  IN  THE  CITY  OF 
SEATTLE. 

Approved  July  2,  1877. 

7he  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  I. — That  a  base  or  datum  line  to  which  the 
grades  of  the  City  shall  be  referred  is  hereby  established 
at  an  elevation  of  nine  feet  and  six  tenths  of  a  foot 
(9  6-10)  below  the  level  of  the  top  of  the  granite  step 
in  the  doorway  of  Dexter  Horton  &  Co.'s  stone  bank 
building  on  Commercial  street  at  the  corner  of  Wash- 
ington street. 

SEC.  2. — That  the  grades  for  the  streets  of  the  City 
shall  be  at  the  following  elevations  above  datum: 


•'. 


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On  Mill  Street: 

At  Commercial  Street 8%   feet. 

"    Second  " 15         " 

"   the  point  midway  between  Second  and  Third  Streets,  20        " 

'   Third  Street 34>£      " 

' '    Fourth       "     56  %     " 

' '    the  point  midway  between  Fourth  and  Fifth  Streets. . .  61 

"    Filth        Street  ......   75> 

"Sixth  "     117 

"    Seventh        "      155)< 

"   Eighth  •    194 

On  Washington  Street: 

At  Commercial  Street 8^  teet . 

"  Second  '  :.  10        " 

"  Third  «  12 

1 '  Fourth  '  25        " 

"  Fifth  ' 47 

"  Sixth  ' 85 

"  Seventh  '  123#     " 

"  Eighth  162        " 

On  Main  Street: 

At  Commercial  Street .*  12      feet. 

"  Second  "  ..    15 

"Third  "  10 

"  Fourth  "  12 

"  Filth  "  25 

"  Sixth  56 

"  Seventh  94>j 

"  Eighth  " 133 


On  Jackson  Street: 


At  Commercial  Street  ...................................  11       feet. 

••  Second  ....................................  15 

"  Third  .....................................  10 

"Fourth  ..................................  10 

"  Fifth  ....................................  10 

'  '  the  point  midway  between  Fifth  and  Sixth  Streets  ...  11 

"Sixth  Str  et  ..................................  20 

"  Seventh  ....................................  58> 

"Eighth  ....................................  97 


On  King  Street: 


At  Commercial  Street 10      feet. 

"  Second  " 10 

sixth  "      10 

• '  the  point  midway  between  Sixth  and  Seventh  Streets.  11>$     ' 

"Seventh          Street 22X     " 

"   Eighth  " 61 

On  Weller  Street: 

At  Seventh  Street 10      feet. 

' '  the  point  midway  between  Seventh  and  Eighth  Streets  24 
"  Eighth    Street 43 

On  Lane  Street: 

At  Seventh  Street 10      feet. 

•'  the  point  midway  between  Seventh  and  Eighth  Streets  10 

•'  Eighth    Street 25        " 


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On  Alder  Street: 


\t   Sixth   Street ....... ITS       feet. 

N    Seventh     "     250        " 


On  Terrace  Street: 


At    Fifth    Street    ..............  ...121 

*'    Sixth      «'        ...................  .,  .....................  190 

'    Seventh"        ..»  ....................................  280 


On  Jefferson  Street: 


On  James  Street: 


On  Cherry  Street: 


On  Columbia  Street: 


On  Marion  Street: 


At  Third   Street  ..............................  ,  ...........  ttl      feeU 

•"  Fourth     '«       ..........................  ......  .........  S6#     M 

'•  Fifth        "       ..................................  .........  127        " 

'  Sixth  ..........................................  175#     " 

'  Seventh4'       ................................  ,  .....  2H1         " 


At  the  point  midway  between  Front  and  Second  Streets  16      feek 
"  Second  Street  ..............................  ...  ..  25 

"  Third       "       ..................................  .  .....  87*      " 

"Fourth      "        .....................  ,  .............  _____  112*       " 

"Fifth         "       ........................................  140 

"  Sixth        "      .  ...  ............................  .  ......  1654      " 

"  Seventh   "       ..............  ........  217 


At  Front  Street 20      feet. 

Second  " ....41 

Third  "  70*      " 

Fourth  "  122i      " 

Fifth  "  172^      " 

Sixth  "  180 

Seventh  "  ..205 


At  Front  Street 20     feet. 

"  Second  "       52i 

"  Third  "      86 

"  Fourth  "       124* 

"  Fifth  "      175| 

"  Sixtli  "       216i 

M  Scventli  "       2114 


At  Front   Street 

"  Second     " 

-  Third 

"  Fourtli 

"  Fifth 

"  Sixtli 

"  Seventh 


. .  23      feet. 
..65 

. . 1054      " 
.132i      " 
..183 
..234 
.  240 


On  Madison  Street: 


At  Front  st.iv«-t 25     feet. 

"  Sec-ond  "  68i      " 

"  Third  "        1194      " 

"  Fourth  "       156"       " 

"   Fifth  "       183 

11  Sixth  " 229 

"   Seventh  "       240 


On  Spring  Street: 


At  Front  Street 34      feet. 

"  Second  "  80 

"  Third  "  130 

"  Fourth  "  163A      " 

"  Fifth  "  ml      " 

"  Sixth  "  225 

"  Seventh  "  225J      " 

On  Seneca  Street: 

At  West  Street . .  10     feet. 

"Front       **  48 

"Second     "  80 

"Third        "  125A      " 

"Fourth     "  170 

"  Fifth         " 192        " 

"Sixth        " 213 

"  Seventh  " 203 

On  University  Street: 

At  West  Street 10     feet. 

"  Front 60£ 

"  Second     "      85j      " 

"  Third        "      120£      " 

"  a  point  one  hundred  and  fifty-three  feet  east  of  the 

middle  of  Third  Street        132 

"  a  point  one  hundred  and  fifty- three  feet  west  of  the 

middle  of  Sixth  Street 175 

"  Sixth  Street 175 

"  Seventh  "       170£      " 

On  Union  Street: 

At  West  Street  15     feet. 

"  Front 

94] 


Second 

Third 

Fourth 

Fifth 

Sixth 

Seventh 


On  Pike  Street: 


115 
.125^ 
.140 
.135 


At  West  Street  .......................................  45     feet. 

"  Front       "  ............  ....  ...............  ...........  107 

"  Second    '  .......................................  Ill        " 

"  Third       "  ..........................................  115£      " 

"  Fourth     "  ........................................  115A      " 

"Fifth         "  .........................................  iw        " 

"  Sixth  .........................................  119 

"  Seventh   "  .........................................  136 


On  Pine  Street: 


At  West  Street  .....................................  65     feet 

"  Front       "       ....  ..................  .  ...................  138 

"  a  point  midway  between  Front  and  Second  Streets.  .160 

"  Second  Street  ................  ...  ..................  ____  158 

"  Third  ..........................................  132        " 

"  Fourth     "       ............  .............     ..............  115 

"  Fifth         "      ......................  ....................  95        " 

"  Sixth        "       ..........................................  95 

"  Seventh  "      ..........  .  ...............................  106 


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SEC.  3. — That  the  area  made  by  the  intersection  of 
any  two  streets  shall  be  level,  excepting  where  the 
streets  of  that  part  of  the  city  lying  north  of  Mill 
street  intersects  Mill  street. 

SEC.  4. — That  there-  shall  be  a  uniforn  and  contin- 
uous rate  of  grade  in  the  streets  between  each  and 
every  two  adjacent  streets,  intersections  or  points 
named  in  section  two  of  this  Ordinance:  Provided, 
hoivever,  that  no  grade-line  is  established  on  the  fol- 
lowing streets,  viz: 

On  Alder  street  between  Sixth  and  Seventh  streets. 

On  Terrace  street  between  Fifth  and  Sixth    streets. 

On  Terrace  street  between  Sixth  and  Seventh  streets. 

On  Jefferson  street  between  Sixth  and  Seventh 
streets. 

On  Union  street  between  West  and  Front  streets. 

On  Pike  street  between  West  and  Front  streets. 

On  Pine  street  between  West  and  Front  streets. 

SEC.  5. — That  the  said  Ordinance  No.  J  38,  hereby 
amended,  is  also  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  6. — This  Ordinance  to  take  elfect  from  and 
after  five  days  after  its  publication. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  141. 

IN  RELATION  TO  TAXES  FOR  THE  YEAR  1877. 
Approved  July  13,  1877. 

(This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  142. 

FIXIN  }     TH«5    LIMITS     WITHIN     WHICH     PROPERTY     SHALL     BE    SUBJECT     TO 

SPECIAL    TAX    FOR    GAs-LlOHT     PURPOSES    FOR     THE     YE*R     1877. 

Approved  July  19,  1<<77. 

(This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.) 


NINTH    COUNCIL. 


Mayor, 

A  A.  Denny, 
Bailey  Gatzert, 
Sam'l  Kenney, 

Marshal^     - 
City  Attorney, 
Clerk,  - 
Treasurer, 
Health   Officer,      • 
Surveyor, 
Harbor  Master, 
Assessor  and   Collector ', 
Chief  of  Police, 
Policeman, 
Judicial  Officer,  - 
Fire    Warden, 
Street  Commissioner, 


Couneilmen 


A.  W.  Piper. 


G.  A.  Weed. 

Frank  Matthias, 
Geo.  W.  Hall, 
Benj.  Murphy, 

E.  A.  Thorndike. 
J.  J.  McGilvra. 
D.  T.  Wheeler. 
H.  W.  Rowland. 
Dr.  G.  A.  Weed. 
P.  G.  Eastwick. 
E   A.  Thorndike. 
W.  H.  Shoudy. 
K.  A.  Thorndike. 
W.  F.  Jordan. 
Roswell  Scott. 
Geo.  W.  Hall. 
Wm.  Blackman. 


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ORDINANCES 

PASSED  BY  THE 

NINTH    COUNCIL. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  143. 

AMENDING  SECl'TON  6  OF  ORDINANCE  No.  136,    ENTITLED    "SUBSTITUTE    FOR    OR- 
DINANCE No.  135,  IN  RELATION  TO  THE  ASSESSMENT  AND  COLLECTION  OF  TAXES  " 

Approved  Aug.  2,  1877. 

(  This  ordinance  has  been  repealed.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  144. 

IN  RELA1ION  TO  TAXFS  FOR  THE  YEAR  1878. 
Approved  June  15,  1878. 

(This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  145. 

AMENDING    SECTION  6  OP  ORDINANCE  No.    136,  ENTITLED     "SUBSTITUTE  FOR  OB- 

DINANOE  No.  135,  IN  RELATION   TO  THE  ASSESSMENT  AND    COLLECTION  OF 

TAXES. 

Approved  June.  15,  1878. 

(This  ordinance  has  been  repealed.) 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  146. 

[NO    TITLE.] 
Approved  June  15,  1«78. 

The  Citif  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1. — That  in  all  that  portion  of  the  City  of 
Seattle,  south  of  Columbia  street  and  west  of  Fourth 
street,  in  both  Maynard  and  Boren's  plat,  the  roofs  of 
all  buildings  or  structures  of  any  kind  shall  be  kept 
free  and  clear  of  moss  and  other  inflammable  substance 
or  material. 

SEC.  2. — That  within  ten  days  from  the  time  this 
Ordinance  shall  go  into  effect,  the  owners  of  all  build- 
ings or  structures  within  that  portion  of  the  City  of 
Seattle  described  in  section  one  of  this  ordinance, 
shall  remove  from  the  roofs  of  said  buildings  or  struc- 
tures, all  rnoss  or  other  inflammable  substance  or  ma- 
terial, and  shall  thereafter  keep  such  roofs  free  and 
clear  from  such  accumulations. 

SEC.  3.— That*  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Fire 
Warden  of  said  city  to  inspect  the  roofs  of  all  build- 
ings or  structures  within  the  limits  described  in 
section  one  of  this  Ordinance  immediately  upon  this 
Ordinance  taking  effect,  and  annually  thereafter  on  the 
first  Monday  of  May,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  practicable. 

SEC.  4. — That  said  Fire  Warden  shall  notify  the 
owners  or  occupants  of  any  building  or  structure  up- 
on the  roof  of  which  any  moss  or  other  inflammable 
substance  or  material  shall  have  accumulated,  forth- 
with to  remove  the  same;  and  if  such  owner  or  occu- 


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pant  shall  not  remove  the  same  within  forty-eight 
•hours  after  such  notification,  then  said  Fire  Warden 
shall  cause  the  same  to  be  removed  and  the  expense 
thereof  shall  be  charged  to  the  owner  or  occupant  of 
such  building  or  structure  so  notified  as  aforesaid,  and 
may  be  recovered  by  the  City  of  Seattle  in  a  civil 
action  in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction. 

SEC.  5. — That  the  owner  or  occupant  of  any  such 
building  or  structure,  who  shall  after  such  notification 
fail  to  remove  such  moss  or  other  inflammable  sub- 
stance or  material  from  such  roof  or  roofs  within  forty- 
eight  hours  after  such  notification,  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction  thereof 
shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars 
in  addition  to  the  remedy  by  civil  action  provided  for 
in  section  four  hereof. 

SBC.  6. — This  Ordinance  shall  be  in  force  and  take 
effect  from  and  after  five  days  after  its  publication. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  147. 

FIXING  THK    LIMITS   WITHIN    WHICH    PROPERTY    SHALL    UK   SUBJECT  TO 
A   SPECIAL  TAX    FOR  GAS-LIGHT    PURPOSES. 

Approved  June  15,  1878. 

( This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.} 


ORDINANCE  XO.  148. 

AN     ORDINANCE     TO    PREVENT     THE      DEPOSIT     OF     KUBBIS1I     ON     THE 

STREETS. 
Approved  June  '22,  1878. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  ; 

SECTION   1. — Any  person  who  shall  deposit  or  burn 


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or  cause  to  be  deposited  or  burned  in  any  street  or 
alley  that  is  opened  to  travel  within  the  limits  of  the 
City  of  Seattle,  any  hay,  straw,  paper,  wood,  boards, 
boxes,  manure  or  other  rubbish  or  material,  without 
a  special  permit  from  the  Mayor  or  Common  Council, 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  on  con- 
viction thereof  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  one 
hundred  dollars  and  costs  of  prosecution. 

SEC.     2. — This    Ordinance   to  be  in  force  and  take 
effect  from  and  after  five  days  after  its  publication. 


TENTH    COUNCIL. 


Mayor, 


A.  A.  Denny, 
A.  S.  Miller, 
S.  Baxter, 


Marshal, 
City  Attorney, 
Clerk,      - 
Treasurer.  - 
Health   Officer, 
Surveyor,     - 
Street  Commissioner, 
Harbor  Master, 
Assessor  and   Collector, 
Judicial  Officer \ 
Chief  of  Police,    - 
Poiicemen, 


Councilmen: 


Robert  Abratns. 


-    Beriab  Brown 


Benjamin  Murphy, 
Thomas  Clancy, 
Andrew  Chilberg, 


E.  A.  Thorndike. 
•     W.  H.  White. 

D.  T.  Wheeler. 

-  John  M.  Blanchard. 
Dr.  F.  W.  Sparling. 

-  P.  G.  Eastwick. 
M.  J.  Costello. 
V.  Quimby. 

-  Hillory  Butler. 
Roswell  Scott. 

F.  A.  Minick. 
James  Welch  and  Frank  Robinson. 


ORDINANCES 

PASSED  BY  THE 

TENTH    COUNCIL. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  149. 

AN     ORDINANCE     TO     CONTROL     AND     REGULATE    THE      CONDUCT    OF 
RUNNERS    FOR    HOTELS,    INNS,    TAVERNS    AND    BOARDING    HOUSES. 
Approved  Aug.  8,  1878. 

7 he  Oity  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  foUov:s  : 

SECTION  1. — That  any  person  who  upon  the  public 
streets,  or  on  any  dock,  wharf  or  vessel,  within  the 
limits  of  the  City  of  Seattle,  shall  in  any  manner 
solicit  custom  for  any  inn,  tavern,  hotel  or  boarding- 
house,  shall  be  deemed  to  be  a  hotel-runner,  and  shall 
be  required  to  take  out  a  license  for  the  exercise  of 
such  calling  or  business,  for  which  he  shall  pay  the 
sum  of  seven  and  a  half  dollars  quarterly;  such 
license  to  be  for  any  period  not  less  than  one  quarter 
or  three  months. 

SEC.  2.— That  any  person  acting  as  such  runner 
without  having  first  taking  [taken]  out  a  license  from 


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said  city,  or  who  shall  act  as  such  hotel  runrer  after  the 
expiration  of  such  license,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of 
a  misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction  thereof,  shall  be 
fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars, 
to  which  may  be  added,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court, 
imprisonment  in  the  city  or  county  jail  not  exceeding 
twenty  days. 

SEC.  3. — That  every  runner  licensed  under  this 
Ordinance  shall  wear  upon  his  hat  while  engaged  such 
business,  a  suitable  badge  bearing  the  name  of  the  inn, 
tavern,  hotel  or  boarding-house  for  which  he  is  solicit- 
ing custom,  and  a  failure  so  to  do  shall  be  deemed  a 
misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction  thereof,  [he]  shall  be 
fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars. 

SEC.  4. — All  previous  Ordinances  on  the  subject 
matter  of  this  Ordinance  are  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  5.  —This  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in 
force  at  the  expiration  of  five  days  after  it  has  been 
published. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  150. 

AN    ORDINANCE    FIXING    THE    PAY,      FEES      AND    COMPENSATION      OF 

THE    CITY    OFFICERS    OF   THE    CITY    OF    SEATTLE. 

Approved  Aug.  22,  1878. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1. — The  Justice  of  the  Peace  of  the  City  of 
Seattle,  shall  receive  for  his  services  the  same  fees 
and  compensation  that  he  receives  for  similar  services 
from  the  Territory  of  Washington. 


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SEC.  2. — The  City  Marshal  shall  receive  for  his 
services  the  same  fees  and  compensation  that  the 
Sheriff  of  King  County  receives  for  similar  services 
from  the  Territory  of  Washington. 

SEC.  3.— [As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  183.]  The 
Clerk  of  the  City  of  Seattle  shall  receive  $300  per  an- 
num, payable  quarterly,  for  his  ordinary  services.  In 
addition  thereto  he  shall  receive  the  sum  of  $100  for 
preparing  and  making  out  the  Tax  Roll  for  said  city, 
payable  upon  the  completion  of  the  same,  and  no 
other  or  greater  fee  or  compensation  shall  be  allowed 
him  in- any  instance. 

SEC.  4.— The  City  Attorney  of  the  City  of  Seattle, 
shall  receive  three  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  paya- 
ble quarterly,  for  his  services,  and  no  other  fee  or 
compensation  shall  be  allowed  to  him  in  any  instance 
whatever. 

SEC.  5. — [As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  192.] 
That  the  City  Treasurer  shall  receive  for  his  services 
three  (3)  per  cent,  on  all  moneys  coming  into  his 
hands,  to-wit:  One  and  one-half  per  cent,  for  collec- 
tion and  one  arid  one-half  per  cent,  for  disburse- 
ments, retaining  for  his  said  services  said  three  per 
cent:  out  of  the  respective  funds  to  which  said  collec- 
tion may  belong. 

SEC.  6. — The  Health  Officer  shall  receive  such 
compensation  for  services  actually  rendered  as  the 
City  Council  may  at  any  regular  meeting  order. 


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SEC.  7. — The  City  Surveyor  shall  receive  not  less, 
than  fifty  dollars  per  annum,  payable  quarterly,  but 
the  City  Council  shall  have  power  at  any  time  to  in- 
crease his  compensation  in  cases  where  extraordinary 
services  are  required  of  him. 

SEC.  8.— The  Street  Commissioner  shall  receive  a 
compensation  at  the  rate  of  three  dollars  per  day  for 
each  day's  service  performed  by  him  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  City  Council  or  the  Street  Committee 
thereof,  but  before  receiving  any  pay,  said  Street 
Commissioner  shall  file  with  the  Clerk  an  itemized 
account  of  his  services  showing  to  a  reasonable  cer- 
tainty where  the  work  was  done,  arid  by  whose  direc- 
tion; and  said  account  must  be  verified  by  himself. 
He  shall  received  his  pay  trorn  time  to  time  as  direct- 
ed by  the  Council. 

SEC.  9. — The  Harbor  Master  shall  receive  such 
compensation  for  services  actually  rendered  as  the 
City  Council  may  at  any  regular  meeting  order. 

SEC.  10. — The  Assessor  and  Collector  shall  receive 
three  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  payable  semi-annu- 
al ly,  for  his  services,  aud  no  other  fee  or  compensation 
shall  be  allowed  to  him  in  any  instance. 

SEC.  11. — The  Chief  of  Police  shall  receive  a  com- 
pensation of  one  hundred  dollars  per  month,  payable 
monthly,  and  no  other  or  greater  fees  or  compensation 
shall  be  allowed  to  him  in  any  instance. 

SEC    12. — The  police  officers  of  the  City  of  Seattle, 


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shall  receive  seventy  dollars  per  month,  payable 
monthly,  and  no  other  or  greater  fee  shall  be  allowed 
them  in  any  instance. 

SEC.  1 5. — This  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be 
in  force  at  the  expiration  of  five  days  after  it  has  been 
published. 

SEC.  14. — All  Ordinances  heretofore  passed  on  the 
Bubject  matter  of  this  Ordinance  are  hereby  repealed. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  151. 

AN    ORtflWANCE    TO   PROVIDE   A    STEAM    FIRE   ENGINE   FOR   THE  CITY 

OF    SEATTLE 

Approved  Aug.  23,  1878. 

{This  is  the  ordinance  under  which  the  Steam  Fire  Engine  "  Seattle 
No.  1,"  was  purchased.') 


ORDINANCE  NO.  152. 

AN    ORDINANCE   TO   PROVIDE   FUNDS  FOR  THE  PURCHASE  OF  A  STEAM 

FIRE    ENGINE. 

Approved  Aug.   23,  1878. 

(This  ordinance  provides  for  the  payment  for  Steam  Fire  Engine 
"  Seattle  No.  1.") 


ORDINANCE  NO.  153. 

AN    ORDINANCE    TO    PROVIDE   FOR  THE    GRADING   OF   PART   OF   COM- 
MERCIAL  STREET. 

Approved  Sept.  5,  1878. 

(This  is  the  ordinance  under  which  Commercial  Street  ivas  graded.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  154. 

AN    ORDINANCE    REPEALING    ORDINANCE   NO.   95. 

Approved  Sept.    5,  1878. 

(  TMs  ordinance  simply  repeals  ordinance  No.  95.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  155. 

AN  ORDINANCE  TO  REGULATE,    LICENSE    AND   TAX    CARTS,    WAGONS, 
DRAYS,    COACHES,    OMNIBUSES    AND    OTHER    CARRIAGES. 

Approved  Sept.  5,  1878. 

7fo  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1. — All  carts,  wagons,  drays,  coaches,  or 
other  description  of  carriage  which  shall  be  kept  for 
hire  within  the  City  of  Seattle,  shall  be  licensed  and 
taxed  as  follows:  All  of  such  carts  or  other  vehicles 
drawn  by  one  horse  shall  be  taxed  at  the  rate  of  ten 
dollars  per  annum,  and  all  of  such  carts  or  other  vehi- 
cles drawn  by  two  or  more  horses  shall  be  taxed  at 
the  rate  of  fifteen  dollars  per  annum. 

SEC.  2. — Upon  the  payment  to  the  City  Treasurer 
of  the  amount  of  any  such  tax  and  the  production  to 
the  City  Clerk  of  a  certificate  of  such  payment,  the 
said  Clerk  shall  issue  to  the  owner  of  any  such  cart 
or  other  vehicle  a  license  authorizing  said  owner  or 
his  agent  to  use  said  cart  or  other  vehicle  for  hire  for 
the  term  of  one  year,  or  for  a  period  not  less  than 
three  months. 

SEC.  3. — Every  such  license  shall  be  numbered  by 
the  City  Clerk,  and  such  number  shall  be  conspicu- 


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ously  painted  upon  the  cart  or  other  vehicle  so  li- 
censed. 

SEC.  4. — The  provisions  of  this  Ordinance  shall 
not  apply  to  the  keepers  of  livery  stabled  so  far  as 
concerns  the  ordinary  business  of  said  stables. 

SEC.  5. — Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions 
of  this  Ordinance,  shall  for  each  offense  be  fined  in 
any  sum  not  exceeding  fifteen  dollars. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  15t>. 

AN  ORDINANCE  TO  LICENSE,  TAX  AND  REGULATE  THEATRICALS,  SHOWS 
AND  OTHER  EXHIBITIONS  AND  PUBLIC  AMUSEMENTS. 

Approved  Sept.  5,  1878. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  ; 

SECTION  1. — All  theatres,  shows  and  other  exhibi- 
tions and  public  amusements,  shall  be  licensed  arid 
taxed  as  follows: 

Every  theatre  for  each  day,  five  dollars, 
Every  circus  for  each  day,  twenty  dollars. 
Every  concert  for  each  day,  five  dollars, 
and  all  other  shows  and  other  exhibitions  and  public 
amusements  for  hire  at  the  rate  of  five  dollars  for  each 
and  every  day. 

SEC.  2. — Upon  the  payment  to  the  City  Treasurer 
of  the  amount  of  any  such  tax,  and  the  production  to 
the  City  Clerk  of  a  certificate  of  such  payment,  the 
said  Clerk  shall  issue  to  the  proprietor  or  agent  of 
any  such  exhibition,  a  license  authorizing  the  perfor- 
mance thereof. 


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SEC.  3. — Any  person  or  persons  violating  any  of 
the  provisions  of  this  Ordinance,  shall  for  each  olfence 
be  fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  157. 

AN  OSDINANCH  TO  LICENCE,  TAX  AND  REGULATE  AUCTIONEER*,  HAWKBfcS  [ANDj 

PEDDLERS. 

Approved  Sept  5,   1878. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1. — All  auctioneers,  hawkers  and  peddlers, 
shall  be  licensed  and  taxed  as  follows: 

Every  auctioneer  for  each  year,  at  the  rate  of  twen- 
ty dollars, 

Every  hawker  or  peddler,  for  each  year,  at  the  rate 
of  twenty-five  dollars. 

SEC.  2. — Upon  the  payment  to  the  City  Treasurer  of 
the  amount  of  such  tax,  and  the  production  to  the 
City  Clerk  of  a  certificate  of  such  payment,  said  Clerk 
shall  issue  to  such  auctioneer,  hawker,  [or]  peddler,  a 
license  authorizing  the  carrying  on  of  such  business  for 
the  term  of  one  year,  or  for  a  period  not  less  than 
three  months. 

SEC.  3. — Any  person  or  persons  violating  any  of 
the  provisions  of  this  Ordinance,  shall  be  fined  in  any 
sum  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars. 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  158. 

AN    ORDINANCE   TO  CABBY  INTO  EFFECT  THE    PROVISIONS    OF     ORDI- 
NANCE NO.   150. 
Approved  Sept.  6,  1878. 

(This  ordinance  Juts  become  obsolete.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  159. 

AN  ORDINANCE  TO  PBOVIDE  FOB  THE  PAYMENT  OF    THE  INCIDENTAL 
EXPENSES  FOB  THE  YEAR  ENDING  JULY  1ST,   1879. 
Approved  Sept.  5,  1878. 

(This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  160. 

AN     ORDINANCE     TO    PROVIDE    FOB   THE    PUBLIC     PRINTING   OF    THB 
CITY   OF   SEATTLE. 
Approved  Sept.  11,  1878. 

(Repealed  by  Ordinance  No.  196.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  161. 


AN    ORDINANCE     TO   PROVIDE    FOR    THE    CONSTRUCTION    OF    A  SIDE- 
WALK   FROM    THE    EAST    SIDE    OF    FRONT    STREET    ALONG    THE 
SOUTH    SIDE   OF    MADISON    STREET    TO   THE    WEST    SIDE   OF 
SIXTH    STREET. 

Approved  Sept.  19,  1878. 

(Repealed  by   Ordinance  No.  172.) 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  162. 

AN    ORDINANCE   TO    LICENSE,  TAX,     REGULATE    AND   RESTRAIN    THE 
KEEPING     OF    DOGS,    AND     TO     AUTHORIZE    THE   DISTRAINING, 
IMPOUNDING,  SALE   AND   DESTRUCTION  OF    THE   SAME. 

Approved  Sept.  26,   1878. 

7ke  City  of  Seattk  does  ordain  as  fottovis  : 

SECTION  1. — The  keeping  of  dogs  within  the  limits 
of  said  city  is  hereby  forbidden,  unless  the  owners 
thereof  shall  procure  a  license  for  each  dog  or  dogs  as 
hereinafter  provided  for. 

SEC.  2. — An  annual  tax  to  commence  on  the  first 
Monday  in  October,  is  hereby  levied  as  follows:  On 
each  male  dog,  $2.50;  on  each  bitch,  $2.50. 

SEC.  3. — On  the  payment  to  the  City  Treasurer  of 
the  amount  of  any  such  tax,  and  the  production  of  a 
certificate  thereof  to  the  City  Clerk,  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  said  clerk  to  issue  a  license,  numbered  in  the 
order  of  said  issue,  to  the  person  applying  for  the 
same,  and  the  person  receiving  such  license  shall 
cause  to  be  placed  upon  the  neck  of  his  dog  so  li- 
censed, a  collar  on  which  shall  be  plainly  marked  the 
number  of  such  license. 

SEC.  4. — [As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  168.] 
All  dogs  found  running  at  large  without  having  on 
such  marked  collar  are  declared  to  be  public  nuisan- 
ces, and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  of  Police,  or 
of  some  suitable  person  to  be  by  him  appointed,  to  dis- 
train and  impound  said  dog  or  dogs,  for  which  service 


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he  shall  be  entitled  to  a  fee  of  $1,  to  be  collected 
from  the  owner  or  owners  of  such  dog  or  dogs  togeth- 
er with  the  sum  of  50  cents  for  every  day  each  of  said 
dog  or  dogs  shall  be  kept  in  custody:  Provided,  That 
no  dog  shall  be  so  kept  over  forty-eight  hours,  at  the 
expiration  of  which  time  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said 
Chief  of  Police  or  of  his  deputy,  to  offer  each  of  said 
dogs  for  sale  for  the  payment  of  the  tax,  cost  and  ex- 
penses due,  and  in  case  of  failure  to  obtain  a  purchas- 
er for  the  full  amount  of  said  tax,  cost  and  expenses, 
it  shall  be  the  auty  of  said  Chief  of  Police  or  of  his 
deputy,  to  cause  the  destruction  of  said  dog. 

SEC.  5. — [As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  168.] 
The  Chief  of  Police  is  hereby  authorized  to  secure  a 
suitable  pound  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the 
provisions  of  this  Ordinance. 

SEC.  6. —  If  any  person,  the  owner  of  any  dog,  shall 
permit  said  dog  to  wear  the  collar  contemplated  by 
the  [this]  Ordinance  without  said  tax  having  been  paid 
and  license  procured,  he  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of 
$25,  to  be  collected  according  to  law  in  the  name  of 
said  city. 

SEC.  7. — If  any  person  owning  the  same  shall 
knowingly  permit  any  bitch  to  run  at  large  while  in 
heat,  notwithstanding  such  person  may  have  a  license 
for  such  bitch  as  herein  provided,  such  person  shall 
be  fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  ten  dollars — the 
same  to  be  collected  as  other  fines. 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  163. 

AN    ORDINANCE    CREATING  AN   ASSESSMENT    DISTRICT    IN    ORDER    TO 

PROVIDE  FUNDS  TO  PAY  FOR  GRADING  AND  IMPROVEMENT 

OF      FRONT      STREET       BETWEEN       JAMES       AND      PIKE 

STREETS,     WHICH     GRADING    AND     IMPROVEMENT 

WAS  DONE  UNDER    ORDINANCE  NO.   112,  AND 

THE  AMENDMENTS    THERETO. 

Approved  Sept.  26,  1878. 

(Repealed  by  Ordinance  No.  173.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  164. 

CREATING  AN  ASSESSMENT  DISTRICT   IN  ORDER    TO   PROVIDE  FUNDS  TO  PAY  FOR 
GRADING    AND   IMPROVEMENT    OF  MARION  STREET  BETWEEN  FRONT  AND 
THIRD  STREETS. 

Aproved  Sept.  26,  1878. 

(This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  165. 

CREATING  AN  ASSESSMENT    DISTRICT   IN  ORDER  TO  PROVIDE  FUNDS  TO  PAY  FOR 
GRADING  AND  IMPOVEMENT  OF  CHERRY  &TRKET  BETWEEN   J-RONT  AND 
SECOND  STREETS 

Approved  Sept.  26,  1878. 

(This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  166. 


CREATING  >N  ASSESSMENT  DISTRICT    IN    ORDER  TO  PROVIDE  FUNDS  TO  PAY  FOR 

GRADING  AND  IMPROVEMENT  OF  MADISON  STREET  BETWEEN  SECOND  AND 

THIRD  STREETS. 

Approved  Sept.  26,  1878. 

(This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.) 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  167. 


T)    P.IOV1DB    FJK    THE    LEVfTNJ    AND    COLLECTING    A    SPECIAL  TAX    FOK    THE 
(ill APING  AND  IMPROVEMENT  OF  COMMERCIAL  STREET. 

Approved  Oct.  4,  1878. 

(  This  ordinance  levies  a  special  tax  on  Commercial  street  property 
to  pay  for  the  grading  thereof.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  168. 

AN  ORDINANCE  TO  AMEND  ORDINANCE  NO.  162. 
Approved  Oct.  4,  1878. 

(See  Ordinance  No.  162.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  169. 

TO  PROVIDE  FOR  THE  CONSTRUCTION  OP  A  SIDEWALK  ON  THE  WEST  SIDE  OF  PART 
OF  COMMERCIAL  STREET. 

Approved  Oct.  17,  1878. 

(This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  170. 

TO  PROVIDE  FOR  THE  CONSTRUCTION  OP  A  SIDEWALK  ON  THF  BAST  SIDE  0'    PAR- 
OF  COMMERCIAL  SFREET. 

Approved  Oct.  17,  187a 

(^  This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  171. 

TO  PREVENT  I1ORSK8,  MULES,  GOATS,  HOGS  AND  HORNED  OR  NEAT  CATTLE  FROM 
RUNNING  AT  LARGE. 

Approved  Oct,  17,  1878, 

(Repealed  by  Ordinance  No.  200.) 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  172. 

TO  REPEAL  ORDINANCE  NO.  161. 
Aporored  Oct.  17,  1878. 

{This  ordinance  simply  repeals  Ordinance  No.  161.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  173. 

AN  ORDINANCE  REPEALING  ORDINANCE  NO.  163. 
Approred  Dec.  5,  1878. 

(Tkis  ordinance  simply  repeals  Ordinance  No.  163.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  174. 

AN  ORDINANCE  PRESCRIBING  THE    FORMS  OP  ASSESSMENT   ROLLS  AND  THE  BULB 
FOR  ASCERTAINING  THE  OWNERSHIP  OF  PROPERTY,  AND  IN  WHOSE  NAMB 
THE  SAME  SHALL  BE  ASSESSED  FOR  THE  GRADING,  CONSTRUC- 
TION AND    IMPROVEMENT    OF  STREETS,  ALLEYS  AND 
SID  WALKS  IN  THE  CITY  OF  SEATTLE. 

Approved  Dec.  14,  1878. 

Tlie  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1. — That  the  form  of  assessment  rolls  and 
the  rule  for  ascertaining  the  ownership  of  property, 
and  in  whose  name  the  same  shall  be  assessed,  shall 
be  as  prescribed  in  an  act  entitled  "An  act  to  provide 
u  for  the  assessing  and  collecting  of  County  and  Terri- 
"  torial  revenue,"  passed  by  the  Legislative  Assembly 
of  Washington  Territory  and  approved  November  9th, 
1877:  Provided,  however,  that  said  assessment  shall 
be  made  and  said  roll  shall  be  prepared  in  accordance 
with  sections  16,  17  and  18  of  said  act,  and  said  as- 
sessor shall  strictly  comply  with  the  provisions  of 
said  sections  16,  17  and  18.  The  rule  for  ascertaining 


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the  ownership  of  property  and  in  whose  name  it  shall 
be  assessed,  shall  be  according  to  the  provisions  of  the 
said  act  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  Washington 
Territory,  approved  November  9th,  J877,  and  the 
time  of  making  any  assessment  under  any  Ordinance 
for  the  improvement  or  grading  of  any  street  or  side- 
walk within  the  City  of  Seattle,  shall  be  within  ,ten 
days  after  the  passage  of  said  Ordinance,  and  within 
five  days  thereafter  any  person  who  may  feel  himself 
aggrieved  by  the  assessment  on  said  lots,  land  and 
property,  may  apply  to  the  Council  of  the  City  of 
Seattle  for  a  revision  thereof;  Provided,  however,  that 
the  return  of  any  assessment  roll  under  the  provisions 
of  this  Ordinance  shall  be  made  and  filed  with  the 
City  Clerk  of  Seattle  within  ten  days  after  the  passage 
of  any  Ordinance  directing  any  assessment  as  in  this 
Ordinance  provided. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  1 75. 

AN   ORDINANCE   CREATING   AN    ASSESSMENT    DISTRICT    IN    ORDER  TO 
PROVIDE    FUNDS  TO  PAY    FOR  THE    GRADING  AND    THE    IM- 
PROVEMENT   OF    FRONT    STREET  BETWEEN    JAMES 
AND  PIKE  STREETS,  WHICH  GRADING  AND 
IMPROVEMENT  WAS   DONE  UN- 
DER   ORDINANCE   NO. 

112    AND 
THE   AMENDMENTS    THERETO. 

Approved  Dec.  14,  1878. 

(Repealed  by    Ordinance  No.  211.) 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  176. 

TO   PROVIDE     FOR     THE    LEVYING    AND     COLLECTION    OF    A    SPECIAL 
TAX  FOR  THE  GRADING    AND    IMPROVEMENT  OF  FRONT    STREET. 

Approved  Jan.  2,  1879. 

(  This  ordinance  has  been  repealed.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  177. 

AN  QRDINANCE  TO  REGULATE  AND   PREVENT   THE  DISCHARGE    OP  BALLAST    AND 

OTHER    MATERIAL   IN    THE    WATERS    OF    THE  HARBOR  OP   EILUMT'3   BA7, 

FRONTING   THE   CITY  OP  SEATTLE,    AND  WITHIN  THE    INCORPORATE 

LIMITS   OF  SAID  CITY. 

Approved  March  6,  1879. 

T/ie  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  folbws  : 

SECTION  1. — No  substance  that  will  sink  or  form  an 
obstruction  to  navigation  shall  be  deposited  in  the 
waters  or  on  the  shores  of  the  harbor  of  Elliott's  Bay, 
fronting  the  City  of  Seattle  and  within  the  incorpor- 
ate limits  of  said  city,  without  first  obtaining  permis- 
sion from  the  City  Council  of  said  city. 

SEC.  2. — Any  person  who  shall  violate  or  cause  to 
be  violated  section  one  of  this  Ordinance  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  an  offense  against  the  laws  of  the 
City  of  Seattle,  and  shall  forfeit  and  pay  to  said  city  a 
sum  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  and 
every  violation  of  said  section  one  of  this  Ordinance. 

SEC.     3. — In  all   suits,  actions  and  proceedings  to 


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enforce  this  Ordinance,  the  City  of  Seattle  shall  be 
plaintiff  and  the  person  accused  shall  be  defendant. 
Before  any  warrant,  writ  or  other  process  shall  be 
issued  in  any  such  suit,  action  or  proceeeding  against 
any  person  accused  of  violating  the  provisions  of  this 
Ordinance,  a  complaint  in  writing  and  under  oath 
shall  be  made  and  filed  with  the  Justice  of  the  Peace 
having  jurisdiction,  particularly  charging  the  violation 
of  this  Ordinance  and  stating  the  facts  constituting 
the  violation  of  the  same.  Such  complaint  may  be 
made  by  any  officer  of  the  City  of  Seattle,  including 
the  Harbor  Master  and  Chief  of  Police,  and  may  be 
made  on  information  and  belief. 

SEC,  4. — Section  four  (4)  of  Ordinance  N"o.  87, 
entitled  "  Rules  and  Regulations  of  the  Harbor  of  the 
City  of  Seattle,"  enacted  by  the  Common  Council  of 
said  city,  and  published  January  22d,  1876,  and  re- 
corded on  pages  99,  100  and  101  of  the  Book  of  Ordi- 
nances of  said  City  of  Seattle,  be  and  the  same  are 
[is]  now  hereby  repealed. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  178. 

TO   PROVIDE   FOR    ASSESSING,    LEVYING   AND   COLLECTING   THE   CITY 
REVENUE   OP  THE   CITY    OF   SEATTLE. 

Approved  April  12,  1879. 

(Repealed  by  ordinance  No.  210.) 


Ill 

ORDINANCE  NO.  179. 

TO  PROVIDE  FOR  AND  REGULATE  THE  DEPOSITING  OF  BALLAST  IN 

ELLIOTT'S  BAY  WITHIN  THE  INCORPORATE  LIMITS  OF 

THE  CITY  OF  SEATTLE. 

Approved  June  5,  1879. 

(Repealed  by  Ordinance  Wo.  215." 


ORDINANCE  NO.  180. 

TO  PROVIDE  FOR  LIGHTING  THE  STREETS  AND  FURNISHING  THE  CITY 
OF  SEATTLE  WITH  GAS-LIGHT  WITHIN  FIXED  LIMITS. 

Approved  June  16,  1879. 

(This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  181. 

FIXING  THE   AMOUNT  AND  KIND   OF  TAXES   FOR  THE   YEAR  1879. 
Approved  June  16,  1879. 

(This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  182. 

AN    ORDINANCE   TO    PREVENT    FALSE   FIRE   ALARMS. 
Approved  June  16,  1879. 

7 he  City  of  Seattk  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  l.--Any  person  who  shall  knowingly  cause 
any  false  alarm  of  fire  shall  be  deemed  to  be  guilty  of 
violating  the  peace  of  the  City  of  Seattle,  and  shall  be 
subject  to  a  fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  or 
to  imprisonment  not  exceeding  thirty  days:  Provided, 
that  this  shall  not  apply  to  the  Fire  Warden  of  the 


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City  of  Seattle  when  he  deems  such  alarm  necessary. 

This  Ordinance  to  take  effect   from  and  after  its 
passage. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  183. 

TO    AMEND    ORDINANCE    NO.    150. 
Approved  July  31, 1879. 

(See  Ordinance  No.  150.) 


ELEVENTH    COUNCIL. 


Mayor, 


Councilmen; 


H.  B  Bagley, 
W.  C.  Hawthorne, 
A.  8.  Miller, 


G.  W.  Stetson. 


Marshal^ 

Clerk, 

City  Attorney, 

Treasurer.  - 

Health  Officer, 

Street  Commissioner, 

Surveyor,     - 

Harbor  Master, 

Assessor  and  Collector, 

Chief  of  Police, 

First  Asst.  Police, 

Second  Asst.  Police, 

Fire  Warden^ 

City  Sexton,  —      —         — 

Judicial  Officer, 


Orange  Jacobs. 

Thomas  Clancy, 
A.  H.  King, 
John  Nation, 


E.  A.  Thorndike. 

E.  S.  Osborne. 
I.  M.  Hall. 

John  M.  Blanchard. 
Dr.  H.  B.  Bagley. 
M.  J.  Costcllo. 

F.  H.  Whitworth. 
I.  Waddell. 
Frank  Seidel. 

E.  A.  Thorndike. 
1).  L.  McCowan. 
John  H.  McGraw. 
S.  P.  Andrews. 
T.  S.  Eussoll. 
Boswell  Scott. 


ORDINANCES 

PASSED  BY  THE 

ELEVENTH    COUNCIL. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  184. 

AK     ORDINANCE     FIXING     THE    BAY     FOR     THE     REGULAR    MEETINGS 
OF    THE    COMMON    COUNCIL    OF    THE    CITY    OF    SEATTLE. 
Approved  Aug.  5,   1878. 

rihe  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows,  to-wit : 

SECTION  1.-=— That  the  first  regular  meeting  of  the 
Common  Council  of  said  City  of  Seattle  shall  be  on 
Friday  evening,  August  8th,  1879,  and  from  thence  on 
the  regular  meetings  of  said  Council  shall  be  on  the 
first  Friday  in  each  month. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  185. 

To  ESTABLISH  FIRE  LIMITS  IN    THE   CITY   OF   SEATTLE. 

Approved  Aug.  8,  1879. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1. — That  the  fire  limits  of  the  City  of  Se- 
attle shall  be  bounded  as  follows:    By  King  street  on 


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the  south,  Madison  street  on  the  north,  the  west  side 
ot  Third  street  on  the  east,  and  the  city  limits  on  the 
west. 

SEC.  2* — All  Ordinances  and  parts  of  Ordinances 
in  conflict  with  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Ordinance 
be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  3. — This  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in 
force  five  days  after  it  has  been  published. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  186. 

AN  ORDINANCE    TO    PROVIDE    FOR    THE    PREVENTION  OF  FIRE3  AND 
THE     PROTECTION    OF    PROPERTY     ENDANGERED    THEREBY. 

Approved  Aug.  8,  1879. 

The  City  of  Seattk  does  ordain  as  follows,  to-wit  ; 

SECTION  1. — [As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  199.] 
All  buildings  hereafter  erected  within  the  said  fire 
limits,  except  manufacturing  establishments,  livery- 
stables,  ware-houses,  carpenter  shops  and  blacksmith 
shops,  shall  be  lathed  and  plastered  with  good  lime 
mortar  on  all  ceilings,  inside  walls  and  partitions;  and 
all  roofs  of  all  buildings  hereafter  erected  within  said 
fire  limits,  shall  be  covered  with  good  shingles  or  tin, 
and  shall  be  painted  with  good  fire-proof  paint.  The 
term  building,  as  used  in  this  section^  shall  not  include 
privies. 

SEC.  2. — All  repairs  to  buildings  constructed  of 
wood  or  other  combustible  material,  shall  be  made  to 
conform  to  this  Ordinance. 


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SEC.  3. — No  wooden  building  within  the  said  fire 
limits  shall  be  altered  or  changed  without  a  written 
permission  of  the  Fire  Warden,  approved  by  the  Com- 
mittee on  Fire,  which  permit  shall  specify  fully  the 
alteration  or  change  required,  and  no  such  permit 
shall  be  given  if  any  increase  will  be  made  by  the  pro- 
posed change  or  alteration  in  the  size  of  any  wooded 
building  within  the  said  fire  limits,  unless  such  in- 
crease shall  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  Ordi- 
nance. A  copy  of  each  of  such  permits  shall  be  kept 
on  file  in  the  clerk's  office  of  the  City  of  Seattle. 

SEC.  4. — [As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  188.] 
That  any  person  or  persons,  owner  or  owners  of  any 
building  within  the  fire  limits,  may  move  the  same 
from  one  lot  to  another  lot  in  the  same  block  where 
such  building  was  erected,  but  no  building  shall  be 
removed  from  one  block  to  any  other  block  within 
the  fire  limits,  but  may  be  removed  to  a  point  outside 
of  the  fire  limits,  and  all  buildings  so  removed  shall  be 
made  to  comply  with  all  the  provisions  of  Ordinance 
No.  18(>,  except  when  moved  outside  the  fire  limits. 

SEC.  5. — Whenever  any  building  shall  be  by  any 
reason  »o  much  injured  as  to  be,  in  the  judgment  of  tke 
Mre  Warden  and  Committee  on  Fire,  a  dangerous  nu- 
isance, or  when  any  wooden  building  within  the  fire 
limits  shall,  in  the  judgment  of  [the]  Fire  Warden  and 
Committee  on  Fire,  be  damaged  by  fire  to  the  extent 
of  one-half  or  more  of  its  actual  value,  the  Fire  Ward- 
en shall  immediately  caused  to  be  served  upon  the 


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owner  or  person  having  control  thereof,  a  notice  re- 
quiring such  person  to  remove  the  same  forthwith; 
and  the  person  receiving  such  notice  shall  within  ten 
days  after  receiving  such  notice  comply  with  the  re- 
quirements thereof. 

SEC.  6. — That  any  chimney  or  flue  hereafter  built 
within  the  fire  limits  of  the  City  oF  Seattle  shall  have 
walls  at  least  four  inches  iii  thickness  and  shall  be 
constructed  of  brick  of  the  first  quality  and  laid  in 
good  lime  mortar.  They  shall  be  well  secured  and  shall 
extend  at  least  four  feet  above  the  roof  of  the  build- 
ing to  which  it  belongs,  measuring  from  the  point 
where  each  chimney  passes  througn  such  roof,  and 
shall  extend  at  least  two  feet  below  the  ceiling  of  the 
first  story  of  such  building,  so  as  to  afford  space  for 
stove-pipes  to  enter  such  chimney  without  endanger- 
ing the  ceiling  and  where  any  stov-epipeor  flue  passes 
through  any  ceiling,  the  said  pipe  or  flue  shall  be 
protected  by  a  tin  cylinder  or  safe. 

SEC.  7. — That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  owners 
or  occupant  of  any  building  within  the  fire  limits  of 
the  city,  to  allow,  to  place  or  permit  to  have  placed 
any  stove-pipe  through  any  window,  side  roof  or  ceil- 
ing of  such  building;  and  all  persons  using  fire  in 
stoves,  shall  cause  to  have  placed  under  such  stovea 
zinc  or  sheet  iron,  sufficient  to  protect  the  floors;  and 
where  any  such  stove  shall  stand  within  two  feet  of 
any  wooden  wall  or  partition,  such  wall  or  partition 


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shall  be  protected  by  sheet  metal  as  will  be  full  pro- 
tection against  fire  from  such  stove;  and  where  any 
stove-pipe  is  made  to  pass  through  any  partition  in 
any  building,  such  stove-pipe  shall  pass  through  and 
be  surrounded  by  brick  or  tin  cylinder  so  as  to  be  at 
least  three  inches  from  any  wood-work;  and  the  Fire 
Warden  shall  immediately  after  .the  passage  of  this 
Ordinance  notify  all  property  holders  within  the  fire 
limits,  where  stoves  are  used,  to  have  removed  all 
stove  pipes  that  extend  through  the  roof  or  side  of 
any  building  in  the  fire  limits  of  the  city,  and  the  Fire 
Warden  shall  have  built  or  caused  to  be  built  at  the 
expense  of  the  property  holder  good  brick  flues  with- 
in ten  days  after  such  notice. 

SEC.  8. — ^That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  owner 
or  pccupants  of  any  building  where  fire  is  kept  to 
allow  any  hay,  straw  or  other  combustible  matter  to 
remain  in  or  adjacent  to  such  building  except  car- 
penter-shops and  manufacturing  establishments;  and 
from  such  place  shavings  or  such  like  combustible 
material  shall  be  removed  at  least  once  every  day. 

SEC.  9.— That  the  Fire  Warden  of  the  city  shall  at 
all  times  have  the  right  to  enter  any  building  within 
the  fire  limits  for  the  purpose  of  discovering  or  ascer- 
taining any  violation  of  this  Ordinance. 

SEC.  10. — Any  person  or  persons  violating  any  of 
the  provisions  of  this  Ordinance,  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction  thereof 


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before  the  City  Magistrate,  shall  be  punished  by  a 
fine  of  not  less  than  twenty  ($20^  dollars,  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  ($JOO)  dollars,  and  costs  of  prose- 
cution, and  imprisonment  may  be  added  in  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  court,  and  each  day  of  maintaining  or 
continuing  such  violation  shall  be  deemed  a  new 
olfense  and  punished  accordingly. 

SEC.  11. — The  fire  Warden  and  Chief  of  Police  are 
required  to  see  that  the  provisions  of  this  Ordinance 
are  enforced ,  and  to  make  complaints  before  the  City 
Magistrate  of  the  City  of  Seattle  for  violation  thereof, 

SEC.  12.- — This  Ordinance  to  take  effect  and  be  in 
force  five  days  after  the  same  shall  have  been  pub- 
lished. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  187. 

TO  AMEND  SECTION  THREE  OP  ORDINANCE  NO.   179. 
Approved  Aug.  15,  1879. 

(  This  ordinance  has  been  repealed.} 


ORDINANCE  NO.  188. 

TO    AMEND    SECTION    FOUR   OF   ORDINANCE   NO.    186. 
Approved  Aug.  15,  1879. 

(See  Ordinance  No.  186.) 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  189. 

AIT    ORDINANCE    DEFINING    THE    DUTIES    OF    THE    OFFICERS    OF   THE 

CITY     OF      SEATTLE. 

A  proved  Sept.  5,  1879. 

37ie  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows,  io-wit  : 

SECTION  1. — The  City  Attorney  shall  report  in  writ- 
ing to  the  City  Council  at  their  first  regular  meeting  in 
each  and  every  month,  the  condition  of  any  and  all  law 
suits  in  which  the  city  may  be  a  party,  and  all  other 
matters  that  may  come  under  his  observation  per- 
taining to  the  city;  and  he  shall  always  be  in  attend- 
ance at  the  regular  monthly  meetings  of  the  Council. 

SEC.  2. — The  Health  Officer  shall  report  in  writing 
to  the  Council  at  their  first  regular  meeting  in  each 
and  every  month,  in  relation  to  the  health  and  sani- 
tary condition  of  the  city. 

SEC.  3. — The  Fire  Warden  shall  report  in  writing 
to  the  Council  at  their  first  regular  meeting  in  each 
and  every  month,  in  relation  to  the  labor  he  may  have 
performed  in  guarding  against  the  destruction  of  pro- 
perty by  fire,  and  in  his  first  report  after  the  qualification 
of  the  new  officers  of  the  city  appointed  by  the  Coun- 
cil, he  shall  render  to  the  Council  a  list  of  all  pro- 
perty belonging  to  the  city  in  the  possession  of  the 
Fire  Department,  and  he  shall  in  like  manner  report 
to  the  Council  immediately  after  any  fire  all  property 
of  the  city  that  may  have  been  damaged  or  lost  by 
such  fire. 


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SEC.  4. — The  Harbor  Master  shall  report  in  writing 
to  the  Council  at  their  first  regular  meeting  in  each 
ami  every  month,  the  labor  he  may  have  performed 
in  connection  with  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  also  all 
monies  collected  as  ballast  dues. 

SEC.  5.— The  Chief  of  Police  shall  at  no  time  ab- 
sent himself  from  the  city  without  the  consent  of  the 
Mayor,  and  he  shall  not  be  allowed  to  employ  a  sub- 
stitute in  any  event  without  the  like  consent  of  the 
Mayor,  and  in  case  of  a  violation  of  any  of  the  pro- 
sions  of  this  section,  he  shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  not 
less  than  ten  dollars  rior  more  than  twenty  dollars  on 
conviction  thereof,  and  any  citizen  may  make  com- 
plaint before  the  Judicial  Officer  of  the  city  or  before 
the  Council  for  any  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this 
section. 

SCE.  6. — The  Treasurer  shall  report  in  writing  to 
the  Council  at  their  first  regular  meeting  in  each  and 
every  month,  of  the  condition  of  the  different  funds, 
the  amount  of  taxes  collected  and  placed  to  the  credit 
of  each  fund,  and  the  amount  of  cash  on  hand  in  each 
fund. 

SEC.  7 — That  all  Ordinances  or  parts  of  Ordinan- 
ces in  conflict  with  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Or- 
dinance, be  and  the  same  hereby  are  repealed. 

SEC.  8. — This  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be 
in  force  from  and  after  five  days  after  the  same  shall 
have  been  published. 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  190. 

CHEATING  THE  OFFICE  OF  STEWARD  OF  THE  ENGINE  HOUSE,  DEFIN- 
ING   HIS   DUTIES    AND    FIXING    HIS    COMPENSATION. 

Approved  Sept,  5,  1879. 

7 he  City  of  Seattk  does  ordain  as  follov's  : 

SECTION  1. — The  office  of  Steward  of  the  Engine 
House  is  hereby  created. 

SEC.  2.— The  salary  of  the  Steward  shall  be  $45.00 
per  month,  payable  in  scrip  drawn  on  the  Fire  Fund  7 
and  no  greater  fee  or  salary  shall  be  allowed. 

SEC.  3. — The  Steward  of  the  Engine  House  shall 
at  no  time  be  allowed  to  leave  the  Engine  House 
either  day  or  night  except  to  go  to  his  meals  and  on 
Sundays,  without  a  special  permision  from  the  Fore- 
man of  the  Fire  Company;  and  for  any  violation  of 
this  section  it  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  Fore- 
man of  the  Fire  Company  to  discharge  such  Steward. 

SEC.  4. — The  Foreman  of  the  Fire  Company  shall 
have  full  power  at  any  time  to  hire  and  discharge  the 
Steward  of  the  Engine  House. 

SEC.  5. — The  Steward  shall  not  be  permitted  to 
make  any  purchases  for  the  Engines  or  Engine  House, 
without  a  written  order  from  the  Foreman  of  the  Fire 
Company. 

SEC.  6. — This  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be 
in  force  from  and  after  five  days  after  the  same  shall 
have  been  published. 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  191. 

AN   ORDINANCE    DIVIDING   THE   CITY    OF  SEATTLE  INTO  POLICE  DIS- 
TRICTS AND  DESIGNATING  AND  ASSIGNING  THE  OFFICERS  OF  THE 
POLICE  FORCE  TO  THE  SAMK. 

Approved  Sept.  5,  1879. 

Tfie  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1.  -That  the  City  of  Seattle  be  and  here- 
by is  divided  into  two  Police  Districts  bounded  and 
designated  as  follows,  to-wit:  All  that  portion  of  the 
city  lying  south  of  Mill  Street,  shall  comprise  and 
be  designated  the  First  Police  District;  all  that  por- 
tion of  the  city  lying  north  of  Mill  Street,  shall  com- 
prise and  be  designated  the  Second  Police  District. 

SEC.  2. — [As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  206.] 
That  Policeman  J.  H.  McGraw  be  and  he  hereby  is 
assigned  as  Policeman  for  the  First  Police  District, 
until  further  ordered  by  the  Common  Council. 

SEC.  3. — [As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  206.] 
That  Policeman  David  L.  McCowan  be  and  he  hereby 
is  assigned  as  Policeman  for  the  Second  Police  Dis- 
trict, until  further  ordered  by  the  Common  Council. 

SEC.  4.- -That  said  Policemen  shall  not  be  allowed 
to  go  from  one  Police  District  to  the  other  while  up- 
on duty  except  in  case  of  an  emergency,  or  upon  call 
from  a  police  whistle. 

SEC.  5. — That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  Police- 
man while  on  duty  to  remain  in  any  saloon  or  hotel 
or  other  house  for  a  longer  time  than  fifteen  minutes, 


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unless  a  preservation  of  the  peace,  the  suppression  of 
riot  or  the  arrest  of  an  offender  shall  require  him  so 
to  do. 

SEC.  6. — Any  Policeman  violating  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Ordinance  shall  be  fined  not  less  than 
ten  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars  on  convic- 
tion thereof,  and  any  citizen  may  make  complaint  for 
the  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Ordi- 
nance before  the  Judicial  Officer  of  the  city,  or  be- 
fore the  Common  Council. 

SEC.  7. — Ail  Ordinances  or  parts  of  Ordinances  in 
conflict  with  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Ordinance 
are  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  8. — This  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be 
in  force  from  and  after  five  days  after  the  same  shall 
have  been  published. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  192. 

TO    AMEND    SECTION    5    OF    ORDINANCE    NO.     150. 
Approved  Sep'.  5,  1879. 

(See  Ordinance  No.  150.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  193. 

TO   PROVIDE   FOR   THE   GRADING   OF   A   PART    OF    MAIN    STREET. 
Approved  Oct.  6,  1879. 

(Repealed  by  ordinance  No.  203.) 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  194. 

TO    POVIDE    FOR     THE    CONSTRUCTION  OF    A    SIDEWALK     FROM    SIXTH 

STREET  ALONG   THE  NORTH    SIDE    OF    PIKE    STREET   TO    EIGHTH 

STREET    AND    THENCE    ALONG     THE     WEST     SIDE   OF  EIGHT 

STREET    TO    PINE    STREET. 

Approved  Oct.  6,  1879. 

(Repealed  by  Ordinance  No.  200.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  195. 

AN   ORDINANCE   PROHIBITING   AND    PUNISHING   THE    LAYING    OUT  OK« 
POISON     IN     CERTAIN     CASES. 
Approved  Oct.  6,  1879. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1. — That  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  per- 
son to  lay  out  or  expose  any  kind  of  poison  on  the 
premises  of  another  or  in  any  street,  alley,  highway 
or  uninclosed  place  whatsoever,  within  the  corporate 
limits  of  the  City  of  Seattle;  neither  shall  it  be  law- 
ful for  any  person  to  leave  exposed  on  the  premises 
of  another  or  in  any  street,  alley,  highway  or  unin- 
closed place  whatsoever  within  the  corporate  limits 
of  the  City  of  Seattle,  any  poisoned  food  or  drink  for 
man  or  beast,  or  any  substance  or  fluid  whatsoever 
withon  or  in  which  there  is  or  shall  be  deposited  or 
mingled  any  kind  of  poison  or  poisonous  or  deadly 
substance  or  fluid  whatsoever;  and  the  doing  of  each 
and  every  one  of  the  acts  and  things  above  mention- 
ed are  hereby  prohibited. 


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SEC.  2. — That  any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of 
the  provisions  of  section  one  of  this  Ordinance  or 
cause  or  procue  any  such  violation  or  aid,  abet,  en- 
courage or  assist  in  any  such  violation  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  shall  for  each  and  every 
such  offense,  on  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  in  any 
sum  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  to  which  may 
be  added  imprisonment  not  exceeding  thirty  days. 

SEC.  3. — That  this  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  and 
be  in  force  at  the  expiration  of  five  days  after  the 
same  shall  have  been  published. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  196. 

AN    ORDINANCE    TO    PROVIDE    FOR    THE    PUBLIC     PRINTING    OF    THE 

CITY     OF     SEATTLE. 
Aproved  Oct.  6,  1879. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1. — That  the  publication  of  all  ordinances 
and  legal  notices  required  to  be  published  by  law  on  the 
order  of  the  Common  Council  shall  be  published  in 
the  Intelligencer  j  a  newspaper  published  in  the  City  of 
Seattle. 

SEC.  2. — That  the  Intelligencer  Publishing  Com- 
pany is  hereby  awarded  the  public  printing  of  the  City 
of  Seattle  upon  the  bid  of  Thomas  W.  Prosch,  its 
business  manager,  dated  September  5th,  1879,  and 
the  explanatory  statement  dated  September  12thy 
1879. 

SEC.    3. — That   the    said   Intelligencer    Publishing 


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Company  shall  receive  for  the  publication  of  ordinan- 
ces and  legal  notices  at  the  rate  of  one  dollar  per 
square  of  one  inch  for  the  first  insertion  and  fifty 
cents  per  square  for  each  subsequent  insertion.  For 
publishing  the  minutes  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
Council,  it  shall  receive  nothing.  No  fee  or  compen- 
sation shall  be  paid  said  Publishing  Company,  other 
than  herein  provided,  and  its  compensation  shall  be 
paid  out  of  the  fund  for  general  municipal  purposes. 

SEC.  4.— That  Ordinance  No.  160,  entitled:  "An 
u  Ordinance  to  provide  for  the  public  printing  of  the 
"  City  of  Seattle,"  passed  September  llth,  1878,  be 
and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  197. 

AN     ORDINANCE      REGULATING      THE      LANDING     OP    FREIGHT      AND 
PROPERTY    AT    THE    CITY'S     LANDING     PLACE    AT     THE    FOOT  OF 
WASHINGTON   STREET  AND  FIXING    THE  RATES  OF   WHARF- 
AGE    TO     BE     CHARGED    AT     SAID     LANDING    PLACE. 
Approved  Oct.  6,  1879. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1.— That  it  shall  not  be  lawful  to  land  any 
freight  or  property  at  the  City's  Landing  Place  at  the 
foot  of  Washington  Street  in  this  city  without  first 
procuring  permission  so  to  do  from  the  Harbor  Master, 
and  paying  to  said  Harbor  Afaster  wharfage  according 
to  the  rates  hereinafter  prescribed ;  and  any  person 
violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be 


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deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  shall  for  each 
and  every  such  offence,  on  conviction  thereof,  be  fined 
in  any  sum  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  to 
which  may  be  added  imprisonment  not  exceeding 
thirty  days. 

SEC.  2. — That  the  rates  of  wharfage  to  be  charged 
and  collected  for  landing  freight  and  property  at  said 
landing  place  shall  be  as  follows,  to-wit: 

Fifty  cents  per  ton  for  merchandise,  produce  and 
property  of  all  kinds  whatsoever. 

Fifty  cents  per  thousand  for  brick. 

Fifty  cents  per  thousand  feet  for  lumber  and  build- 
ing material. 

Twenty-five  cents  per  head  for  horses,  mules  and 
horned  cattle. 

Five  cents  per  head  for  sheep,  hogs  and  all  other 
live  animals  whatsoever. 

Passengers  and  their  baggage  free  of  charge. 

In  cases  not  herein  provided  for,  such  rates  and 
charges  as  the  Harbor  Master  shall  deem  reasonable. 

SEC  3  — That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Harbor 
Master  to  have  and  exercise  control  over  said  Land- 
ing Place.  He*  shall  post  up  conspiciously  at  said 
Landing  Place  the  rates  of  wharfage  hereby  prescribed 
andalsoanoticegivingwarningto  thepublicof  the  pun- 
ishment prescribed  for  violations  of  section  one  of  this 
Ordinance.  He  shall  collect  the  wharfage  prescribed 
in  section  two  of  this  Ordinance,  and  it  shall  be  his 
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especial  duty  to  make  complaint  for  any  and  all  viola- 
tions of  section  one  of  this  Ordinance. 

SEC.  4. — That  the  money  collected  by  said  Harbor 
Master  for  wharfage,  shall  go  into  the  fund  for  gene- 
ral municipal  purposes.  On  the  first  Monday  of  each 
and  every  month,  the  Harbor  Master  shall  pay  to  the 
City  Treasurer  all  moneys  collected  by  him  under  the 
provisions  of  this  Ordinance,  less  ten  per  cent,  there- 
of/which  said  Harbor  Master  is  hereby  authorized  to 
retain  for  his  compensation  for  services  under  the 
provisions  of  this  Ordinance,  and  he  shall  receive  no 
other  or  further  compensation  whatsoever  for  such 
services.  The  Harbor  Master  shall  take  duplicate  re- 
ceipts from  the  Treasurer  for  all  moneys  paid  to  such 
Treasurer  under  the  provisions  of  this  Ordinance,  one 
of  which  receipts  such  Harbor  Master  shall  forthwith 
file  with  the  City  Clerk,  who  shall  charge  the  Treasur- 
er with  the  amount  thereof. 

SEC!  5.— That  this  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  and 
be  in  force  at  the  expiration  of  five  days  after  the 
same  shall  have  been  published. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  198. 

AN     ORDINANCE    TO    AUTHORIZE    THE     CONSTRUCTION     AND      OPERA- 
TION  OF    STREET    RAILWAYS    IN   THE  CITY    OP    SEATTLE. 
Approved  Oct.  6,  1879. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1. — That  there  be  and   hereby  is  granted 


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unto  Irving  Ballard,  the  right  and  privilege  to  lay 
down  and  maintain  an  iron  railroad  track  or  tracks 
within  the  City  oi  Seattle  as  follows,  viz: 

Along  Commercial  Street,  Mill  Street,  Front  Street. 
Second  Street  and  Third  Street,  and  to  operate  and 
run  cars  thereon  to  be  drawn  as  hereinafter  provided? 
and  to  convey  for  hire,  passengers  and  their  baggage 
thereon. 

SEC.  2. — [As  amended  by  Ordinance  No,  213.] 
That  said  Irving  Ballard  or  his  assigns  shall  plank, 
pave  or  macadamize  that  portion  of  the  street  or 
streets,  along  which  their  said  railway  shall  be  laid, 
the  whole  length  of  said  railway,  between  the  rails 
and  for  a  width  of  one  foot  on  each  side  of  the  track, 
of  the  same  material  used  by  and  whenever  said  city 
shall  plank,  pave  or  macadamize  said  street  and  keep 
the  same  in  repair.  The  said  Railway  Company  is  to 
plank,  pave  or  macadamize  that  portiop  of  the  street 
occupied  by  said  railway,  and  one  foot  in  width  on 
each  side  of  the  track  at  all  street  crossings  before 
operation  of  said  railway. 

SEC.  3. — The  tracks  of  said  railways  in  those  streets 
where  double  tracks  shall  be  laid  shall  not  be  more 
than  five  feet  apart  between  the  rails,  and  shall  be  laid 
as  nearly  as  possible  in  the  middle  of  the  street  and 
flush  with  the  pavement,  &o  as  to  offer  as  little  ob- 
struction as  possible  to  the  crossing  of  vehicles;  and 
where  the  lines  crossing  each  other  intersect,  the  rails 


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shall  be  out  so  as  to  permit  the  passage  of  cars,  and 
to  offer  no  obstruction  to  the  free  use  of  the  street  by 
the  public. 

SEC.  4. — For  the  purpose  of  laying  down  or  re- 
pairing such  railway  no  street  shall  be  obstructed  for 
a  greater  distance  than  the  length  of  one  block  at  any 
one  time,  nor  for  a  longer  period  than  ten  working 
days,  except  that  in  case  of  excessive  bad  weather  the 
Common  Council  may  extend  the  time  aforesaid  at  its 
discretion. 

SBC.  5. — [As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  213.] 
The  cars  to  be  used  upon  said  railway  shall  be  im- 
proved enclosed  cars  and  shall  be  provided  with 
brakes  and  other  necessary  appliances  tor  stopping 
the  same  when  required.  The  cars  shall  be  drawn  by 
horses  or  mules  only;  the  rate  of  speed  shall  not  ex- 
ceed eight  miles  per  hour,  and  any  case  of  violation  of 
this  clause  shall  subject  the  owner  or  owners  of  the 
said  railway  to  a  fine  not  exceeding  twenty-five  dollars 
for  each  offence,  on  conviction  before  the  Justice  of 
the  Peace  of  the  City.  The  rails  to  be  used  for  the 
railway  shall  be  of  good  iron  and  must  be  a  T  rail; 
the  cars  shall  be  run  at  all  convenient  hours  of  the 
day  and  night,  for  the  accommodation  of  the  public. 

SEC.  6. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or 
persons  to  obstruct  the  railway  herein  provided  for 
either  during  the  construction  or  operation  of  the 
same,  and  any  person  or  persons,  carelessly  or  willful- 


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ly  violating  the  forgoing  provisions  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction  before  the 
Justice  of  the  Peace  of  the  City,  shall  be  punished  by 
a  fine  not  exceeding  twenty-five  dollars,  or  by  im- 
prisonment not  exceeding  twenty-five  days  or  both, 
at  the  discretion  of  the  court,  for  each  and  every 
offence.  Any  conductor  or  other  employee  on  the 
railroad  herein  provided  for,  any  passenger  thereon, 
or  other  person  on  or  about  the  cars  belonging 
thereto,  who  shall  by  offensive,  indecent,  opprobri- 
ous or  abusive  language,  insult,  abuse  or  maltreat 
any  passenger  on  the  said  cars,  shall  on  .conviction 
thereof  before  the  Justice  of  the  Peace  of  the  City, 
be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  nor  more 
than  twenty-five  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  not  ex- 
ceeding twenty  days,  or  both,  at  the  discretion  of  the 
court,  for  each  and  every  such  olfence. 

SEC.  7 — The  construction  ol  the  railways  herein 
provided  for  shall  be  commenced  within  sixteen 
months  from  the  1st  day  of  October,  1879,  and  the 
same  shall  be  completed  as  follows: 

The  railway  on  Commercial  Street  and  along  Mill 
Street  from  the  intersection  of  Commercial  to  the  in- 
tersection of  Front  Street  and  along  Front  Street  as 
the  same  shall  be  graded,  shall  be  completed  within 
twenty-three  months  from  said  1st  day  of  October, 
1879,  or  so  soon  thereafter  as  said  streets  or  parts  of 
streets  shall  be  graded.  The  railways  upon  at  least 


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one  street  herein  named,  shall  be  completed  each 
year  thereafter,  until  the  railways  upon  all  the  streets 
named  herein  shall  be  completed:  Provided,  that  on 
or  before  the  first  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1880,  the  said 
Irving  Ballard  or  his  assigns  shall  give  notice  to  the 
Common  Council  naming  the  streets  upon  which  it  is 
intended  to  construct  railways  as  herein  provided 
during  the  year  next  ensuing  the  date  of  such  notice, 
and  the  railway  on  such  street  or  streets  so  designated 
shall  be  completed  within  the  said  ensuing  year,  so 
far  as  the  same  shall  be  graded,  and  on  the  first  day 
of  July  of  each  succeeding  year  thereafter  a  like 
notice  shall  be  given  to  the  Common  Council  designa- 
ting the  street  or  streets  upon  which  the  railway  is  to 
be  constructed  the  next  ensuing  year  as  before,  until 
the  entire  system  of  railways  provided  for  herein  shall 
be  completed:  Provided  further,  that  said  railway 
when  laid  down  and  completed  upon  any  streeet  or 
streets  herein  named  and  as  herein  provided,  shall  be 
extended  upon  such  street  or  streets  whenever  the 
graded  portion  of  such  street  or  streets  shall  be  ex- 
tended; such  extension  of  railway  upon  any  street  to 
correspond  and  to  progress  with  the  street  improve- 
ments on  said  street. 

SEC.  8. — The  said  Irving  Ballard,  his  associates 
or  assigns,  shall  forfeit  their  right  or  privilege  accru- 
ing by  virtue  hereof  as  follows:  On  failing  to  com- 
mence the  said  railway  within  the  time  herein  provid- 


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ed,  or  failing  to  complete  the  railway  within  the  times 
herein  before  specified  on  the  streets  named  as  pro- 
vided for  in  section  seven,  he  or  they  shall  forfeit  all 
privileges  granted  on  such  particular  streets,  but  none 
others. 

SEC.  9. — Nothing  in  this  Ordinance  nor  any  privi- 
lege granted  hereby,  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the 
proper  officers  of  the  city  from  grading,  paving,  sew- 
ering, planking,  macadamizing,  improving,  altering  or 
repairing  any  of  the  streets  over  or  upon  which  the 
privilege  of  constructing  a  railway  is  granted  by  this 
Ordinance,  or  upon  which  any  railway  may  be  con- 
structed under  its  provisions,  but  all  such  shall  be 
done  so  as  to  offer  as  little  obstruction  as  possible  to 
the  passage  of  the  cars,  and  the  owner  or  owners  of 
such  railway  shall  have  the  privilege  of  raising  or 
shifting  the  rails,  so  as  to  avoid  as  much  as  possible 
the  liability  to  obstruction,  during  the  progress  of 
street  repairing,  improving  or  altering. 

SEC.  10. — [As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  213.] 
The  owners  of  said  railway  shall  pay  annually  to  the 
City  of  Seattle  as  a  license  upon  each  car  in  use  by 
them  on  said  railways  such  sum  not  exceeding  fifty 
dollars  as  shall  be  fixed  by  Ordinance  of  the  Common 
Council.  Provided  haivever,  that  said  license  shall  not 
be  collected  by  the  city  for  the  first  two  years  and 
six  months  said  road  is  operated. 

SEC.     11.— The  City  of  Seattle  shall  have  the  right 


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by  Ordinance  of  the  Common  Council,  to  regulate  the 
rate  of  fare  to  be  charged  in  any  railway  constructed 
under  the  provisions  hereof:  Provided,  that  the  rate 
to  be  charged  shall  not  be  reduced  below  six  and  one- 
fourth  cents  per  mile,  or  fractional  part  of  a  mile, 
within  the  five  years  next  ensuing  the  completion  of 
the  railway  on  the  first  streets  as  named  and  provided 
for  herein,  nor  shall  it  ever  be  reduced  below  five 
cents  on  any  route  beginning  and  ending  on  any  one 
street,  or  fractional  part  thereof;  and  for  the  purposes 
hereof  the  railway  on  any  street  running  parallel  with 
Elliott's  Bay  shall  be  deemed  one  route  from  the 
northern  boundary  of  the  city  to  the  southern  bound- 
ary thereof;  and  in  any  street  running  at  right  angles 
to  the  Bay,  the  railway  from  Front  Street  to  the 
eastern  boundary  of  the  city  shall  be  termed  one 
route. 

SEC.  12. — There  shall  be  no  double  track  railway 
laid  under  this  Ordinance  upon  any  street  that  is  less 
than  eighty  feet  wide ;  and  in  operating  such  railways 
as  shall  be  constructed  under  this  Ordinance,  no  car 
shall  be  allowed  at  any  time  to  stop  or  remain  still 
upon  any  intersection  of  streets,  and  any  violation  of 
the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  subject  the  owner 
or  owners  of  said  railway  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than 
five  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars  for  every 
offence  upon  conviction  thereof  before  the  Justice  of 
the  Peace  for  the  city. 


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SEC.  13. — The  said  Irving  Ballard  and  his  assigns 
shall  forfeit  and  be  deemed  to  have  abandoned  all 
rights  and  privileges  conferred  by  this  Ordinance,  un- 
less they  shall  within  thirty  days  after  the  approval 
of  this  Ordinance,  file  in  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk 
their  written  acceptance  of  the  rights  and  privileges 
hereby  conferred  subject  to  the  terms,  conditions  and 
restrictions  herein  contained. 

SEC.  14. — All  the  rights  and  privileges  hereby 
granted  shall  expire  at  the  end  of  twenty-five  years 
from  the  date  of  the  approval  of  this  Ordinance. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  199. 

TO   AMEND    SECTION    ONE   OF   ORDINANCE   NO.    186. 
Approved  Oct.  10,  1879. 

(See  Ordinance  No.  186.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  200. 

AN     ORDINANCE     TO     PREVENT     HORSES,     MULES,     GOATS,    HOGS     AND 

HORNED    O1    NEAT    CATTLE    FEOM    RUNNING    AT    LARGE. 

Approved  Oct.  10,  1879. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows; 

SECTION  •  1. — Horses,  mules,  goats  and  hogs  are 
prohibited  from  running  at  large  in  the  public  streets. 

SEC  3. — Horned  or  neat  cattle  are  prohibited 
from  running  at  large  in  the  \  public  streets  between 
the  hours  of  nine  o'clock  in  the  evening  and  five 
o'clock  in  the  morning. 

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SEC.  3. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  any  police  officer 
and  of  the  City  Marshal  to  arrest  and  impound  any 
animals  found  upon  the  public  streets  in  violation  of 
this  Ordinance;  and  for  each  day  or  part  of  a  day  that 
any  such  animal  shall  bo  so  impounded,  the  owner 
thereof  shall  pay  to  the  officer  arresting  such  animal, 
for  the  care  and  keeping  thereof,  fifty  cents,  and  also 
the  further  sum  of  $2.50  for  making  such  arrest. 

SEC.  4. — If  at  the  expiration  ot  two  days,  the 
amount  so  due  shall  not  be  paid,  the  City  Marshal 
shall  proceed  to  give  at  least  five  days  notice,  by  pub- 
lication in  the  official  newspaper  of  the  city,  of  the 
time  and  place  when  arid  where  he  will  expose  the 
said  animal  or  animals  to  sale  by  public  auction,  at 
which  time  and  place  he  shall  at  public  auction  ex- 
pose the  said  animal  or  animals  to  sale,  and  out  of 
the  proceeds  shall  pay  all  the  expenses  aforesaid  and 
all  other  necessary  expenses  and  pay  the  residue  to 
the  City  Treasurer;  the  said  notice  shall  describe  the 
said  animal  or  animals  with  reasonable  certainty  and 
shall  state  to  whom,  if  any  one,  the  Marshal  supposes 
said  animal  or  animals  to  belong,  and  if  such  owner's 
name  is  wholly  unknown  to  the  Marshal,  that  fact 
shall  be  stated  in  said  notice.  If  such  owner  shall  be 
known  to  the  Marshal  and  can  be  found  within  the 
city,  a  copy  of  said  notice  shall  be  served  upon  him 
at  least  one  day  prior  to  the  sale. 

SEC.     5.— The  Marshal  shall  file  with  the  City  Clerk 


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within  five  days  after  any  such  sale  a  report  in  writ- 
ing, setting  forth  all  the  above  matters  touching  any 
such  sale,  and  such  report  shall  be  signed  by  him  and 
as  affecting  the  validity  of  any  such  sale  shall  be  ab- 
solutely conclusive  of  the  facts  therein  stated. 

SEC.  6. — For  all  services  not  provided  for  in  this 
Ordinance,  the  Marshal  shall  be  allowed  the  usual  fee!* 
for  similar  services,  payable  .out  of  the  proceeds  of 
sale. 

SEC.  7. — The  owner  of  any  such  animal  or  an- 
imals may  have  the  same  delivered  to  him  at  any 
time  before  the  sale,  by  paying  all  accrued  expenses; 
and  at  any  time  after  such  sale  on  application  to  the 
City  Council,  such  owner  shall  be  entitled  to  a  war- 
rant on  the  Treasurer  for  any  surplus  of  such  sale 
paid  to  saM  Treasurer,  without  interest. 

SEC.  8. — The  owner  of  any  such  animal  or  animals 
may  redeem  the  same  at  any  time  within  thirty  days 
after  the  sale,  by  paying  to  the  purchaser  the  amonnt 
paid  by  him  for  snch  animal  and  in  addition  thereto, 
one  per  cent,  per  month  thereon. 

SEC.  9. — Ordinance  No.  171  entitled:  a  An  Ordi- 
"  nance  to  prevent  horses,  mules,  goats,  hogs  and 
"  horned  or  neat  cattle  from  running  at  large,"  ap- 
proved October  17th,  1878,  is  hereby  repealed;  and 
all  other  Ordinances  or  parts  of  Ordinances  conflicting 
in  any  manner  with  the  provisions  of  this  Ordinance, 
are  also  repealed. 


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SEC.  10. — This  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be 
in  force  at  the  expiration  of  five  days  after  the  same 
shall  have  been  published. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  201. 

TO   REPEAL   ORDINANCE   NO.  l»4. 

Approved  Oct.  22,  1879. 

(This  ordinance  simply  repeals  Ordinance  No.  194.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  202. 

AN   ORDINANCE   IN    RELATION    TO    THE   IMPROVEMENT     OF    STREETS, 
ALLEYS    AND    HIGHWAYS. 

Approved  Nov.  15,  1879. 

rlhe  City  of  Seattk  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1. — That  hereafter  it  shall  not  be  lawful 
for  any  person  to  break  up,  dig  up,  cut,  excavate  or 
fill  in  any  street,  alley  or  highway,  or  construct  any 
sidewalk,  crosswalk,  plank  gutter,  plank  roadway,  or 
do  any  work  in  or  upon  any  of  the  public  streets,  al- 
leys or  highways  within  the  city  limits,  except  as  in 
this  Ordinance  provided. 

SEC.  2. — That  any  person  or  persons  wishing  to 
grade,  lay  sidewalks,  cross-walks,  plank  gutters,  plank 
roadways,  or  make  any  kind  of  improvement  in  or 
upon  any  street,  alley  or  highway  within  the  city 
limits,  shall  before  commencing  the  same,  procure 
from  the  Chairman  of  the  Street  Committee  a  permit 
specifying  the  number  of  lots  and  blocks,  in  front  of 
or  through  which  the  work  is  proposed  to  be  perform- 


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edr  the  name  of  the  street,  alley  or  highway,  a  parti- 
cular description  of  the  proposed  improvement  and 
the  length  of  time  allowed  for  the  completion  thereof. 
And  any  such  person  procuring  such  permit  and 
commencing  the  proposed  improvement  and  failing 
to  complete  the  same  within  the  time  allowed  by  such 
permit,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and 
on  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not 
exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  to.  which  may  be  ad- 
ded imprisonment  not  exceeding  thirty  day:  Provided 
however,  that  the  Chairman  of  the  Street  .Committee 
may  extend  the  time  for  the  completion  of  such  im- 
provement. 

SEC  3. — That  all  work  done  under  any  such 
permit,  shall  be  done  under  the  supervision  of  the 
Chairman  of  the  Street  Committee,  who  after  the  com- 
pletion thereof,  shall  grant  a  certificate  to  the  person 
or  persons  making  such  improvement,  that  the  work 
has  been  done  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of 
this  Ordinance,  if  such  is  the  Tact,  which  shall  be  con- 
clusive of  the  facts  therein  stated. 

SEC.  4. — That  all  sidewalks  hereafter  laid ,  shall 
correspond  to  the  provisions  of  this  section,  unless 
otherwise  ordered  by  the  Common  Council ;  and  no 
permit  shall  be  granted  for  the  construction  of  any 
other  or  different  sidewalk  than  such  as  are  provided 
for  in  this  section,  without  express  permission  from 
the  Common  Council: 


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(1st.)  The  width  of  all  sidewalks  hereafter  con- 
structed or  re-laid  upon  the  following  named  streets, 
to-wit:  Commercial,  Front,  and  all  sidewalks  running 
east  and  west  or  nearly  so,  on  King,  Main,  Wash- 
ington and  Mill,  a*  far  east  as  Third  Street,  and  on 
James,  Cherry,  Columbia,  Marion  and  Madison,  as  far 
east  as  Second  Street,  shall  be  twelve  feet  in  width. 

(2d.)  The  width  of  all  other  sidewalks  hereafter 
constructed  or  re-laid,  shall  be  eight  feet  in  width. 

(3d.)  The  sills  under  all  sidewalks  shall  be  not 
less  than  sixteen  feet  in  length  and  not  less  than  four 
by  six  inches  in  thickness,  resting  on  solid,  safe  and 
secure  foundation  with  posts  or  other  solid  support 
not  more  than  eight  feet  apart,  and  the  planking  of 
each  sidewalk  shall  rest  upon  at  least  three  sills  in  an 
eight  foot  sidewalk  and  four  sills  in  a  twelve  foot  side- 
walk, running  parallel  with  the  line  of  the  adjacent 
lot  and  parallel  with  each  other  and  equal  distances 
apart.  And  the  outside  sills  on  each  side  of  the  side- 
walk shall  not  be  more  than  two  inches  from  the  ends 
of  the  planking. 

(4th.)  The  covering  shall  be  at  least  two  inches 
thick,  laid  at  right  angles  with  the  sills,  and  each  and 
every  plank  shall  be  securely  spiked  to  such  sills  by 
two  thirty-penny  nails  to  each  sill. 

(5th)  The  planking  and  timbers  used  in  the  COD- 
struction  of  any  sidewalk  shall  be  sound  and  substan- 
tial, and  no  decayed  or  defective  or  unsound  planks 


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or  timbers  whatsoever  shall  be  used  in  any  sidewalk. 

SEC.  5. — That  any  person  violating  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Ordinonoe  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor  and  on  conviction  thereof,  shall  for  each 
and  every  such  offense  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  ex- 
ceeding one  hundred  dollars,  to  which  may  be  added 
imprisonment  not  exceeding  thirty  days. 

SEC.  6  — In  no  case  shall  the  city  pay  or  be  held 
liable  for  any  improvement  whatsoever  done  under 
any  permit  granted  in  pursuance  of  this  Ordinance, 
nor  shall  any  bill  for  any  such  improvement  or  work 
done  thereon  ever  be  allowed  by  the  Common  Coun- 
cil. 

SEC.  7. — This  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be 
in  force  at  the  expiration  of  five  days  after  the  same 
shall  have  been  published. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  203. 

TO    BEPEAL    ORDINANCE     NO.     193. 
Approved  Nov.  15,  1879. 

(This  ordi'iKince  simply  repeals  Ordinance  No.  193  ) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  204. 

AN    OKI>INANCE    IN    BELATION     LICENSES. 
Approved  Dec.  12,  1879. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordmn  as  follows; 

SECTION  1. — If  any  person  shall  sell   or  dispose  of 


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any  spirituous,  malt  or  fermented  liquors  or  wines  in 
any  quantity  less  than  one  gallon,  without  first  ob- 
taining a  license  therefor,  every  such  person  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction 
thereof,  shall  for  each  and  every  such  offense  be  fined 
in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  fifty  dol- 
lars with  costs  of  prosecution. 

SEC.  2. — [As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  205.] 
Any  person  desiring  to  keep  a  drinking-house  or 
saloon  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of 
Seattle,  at  which  spirituous,  malt  and  fermented 
liquors  and  wines  may  be  sold  in  less  quantities  than 
one  gallon,  may  apply  to  the  Common  Council  at  any 
regular  session,  and  on  due  proof  of  good  moral 
character,  said  Common  Council  may  grant  to  such 
person  such  license  to  be  called  a  retail  license.  No 
such  license  shall  be  granted  until  such  person  shall 
have  first  paid  to  the  City  Treasurer  the  sum  of  three 
hundred  dollars  for  one  year's  license,  or  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  dollars  for  six  months'  license,  or  seven- 
ty-five dollars  for  three  months'  license,  and  no  license 
shall  be  granted  for  a  shorter  period  than  three 
months;  nor  shall  such  license  be  granted  until  such 
person  shall  have  executed  a  good  and  sufficient  bond 
with  surety  executed  to  the  City  of  Seattle  in  the 
sum  of  one  thousand  dollars,  to  be  approved  by  said 
Common  Council,  conditioned  that  such  person  will 
keep  such  drinking-house  or  saloon  in  a  quiet,  peace- 


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able  and  orderly  manner:  Provided,  however,  that  if 
such  person  shall  desire  a  license  to  retail  lager  beer 
and  other  malt  liquors  only,  the  Common  Council 
may  grant  such  license  on  payment  of  one  hundred 
dollars  for  one  year's  license  or  fifty  dollars  for  six 
months'  license  or  twenty-five  dollars  for  three  months' 
license,  and  no  such  license  shall  be  granted  for  a 
shorter  period  than  three  months;  and  such  license 
shall  be  called  a  grocery  license.  And  provided  fur- 
ther, that  the  bond  for  a  grocery  license  be  and  the 
same  hereby  is  fixed  at  two  hundred  dollars  and  no 
greater  bond  shall  be  required  from  any  person  taking 
out  such  grocery  license. 

SEC.  3. — If  any  person  having  a  grocery  license 
only,  shall  sell  or  dispose  of  spirituous  liquors  or 
wines  in  any  quantity  less  than  one  gallon,  such  per- 
son shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  on 
conviction  thereof,  .shall  for  each  and  every  such 
offense  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  nor 
more  than  fifty  dollars,  with  costs  of  prosecution;  the 
Common  Council  may  also  in  case  of  such  conviction 
revoke  such  grocery  license  and  such  person  shall  for- 
feit the  sum  paid  for  such  grocery  license  and  no  gro- 
cery or  retail  license  shall  be  granted  to  such  person 
for  the  period  of  one  year  next  following  any  such 
conviction. 

SEC.     4. — No  license  granted  under  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Ordinance,  shall  be  used  in  more  than 
one  place  at  the  same  time. 
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SEC,  5. — Licenses  to  sell  spirituous  liquors  and 
wines  in  greater  quantities  than  one  gallon,  to  be 
called  wholesale  licenses,  shall  be  granted  by  the 
Common  Council  upon  payment  into  the  City  Trea- 
sury oi  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars  per  annum 
by  each  and  every  person  desiring  such  license:  Pro- 
vided however,  that  such  license  may  be  granted  for  six 
months  for  fifty  dollars,  and  for  three  months  for 
twenty-five  dollars;  but  no  such  license  shall  be 
granted  for  a  period  less  than  three  months. 

SEC.  6. — Nothing  in  this  Ordinance  shall  be  so 
construed  as  to  require  any  person  to  take  out  any 
license  to  stll  any  wine  made  from  fruit  produced  by 
such  person's  own  labor  in  this  Territory. 

SEC.  7. — Any  persoa  desiring  a  license  to  keep  one 
or  more  bowling  alleys,  billiard  tables,  pigeon-hole 
tables,  Jenny  Lind  tables  or  other  gaming  tables  for 
hire,  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Seattle, 
shall  apply  to  the  Common  Council  at  any  regular 
session,  and  such  license  shall  be  granted  by  said 
Common  Council  upon  the  payment  first  made  to 
the  City  Treasurer  of  twenty-five  dollars  per  an- 
num, or  twelve  and  50-100  dollars  for  six  months 
or  six  and  25-100  dollars  for  three  months  for 
each  and  every  bowling  alley  or  billiard  table 
kept  for  hire  within  the  corporate  limits  of  said 
city,  and  one- half  the  said  rates  for  each  and 


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every  pigeon-hole  table.  Jenny  Lind  table  or 
other  gaming  table  kept  for  hire  within  the  corpo- 
rate limits  of  said  city  by  such  person,  and  giving 
bond  to  the  said  City  of  Seattle  in  the  sum  of  two 
hundred  dollars  with  surety  to  be  approved  by  the 
Common  Council  conditioned  that  such  person  will 
keep  a  quiet,  peaceable  and  orderly  house:  Provided, 
however,  that  no  person  taking  out  a  retail  or  grocery 
license  and  giving  the  bond  required  therefor,  shall 
be  required  to  give  the  bond  mentioned  in  this  sec- 
tion; and  provided  further,  that  no  license  granted  in 
pursuance  of  this  section  shall  be  for  a  shorter  period 
than  three  months. 

SEC.  8. — Any  person  who  shall  sell  spirituous 
liquors  or  wines  in  greater  quantities  than  one  gallon, 
or  shall  retail  lager  beer  or  keep  one  or  more  bow- 
ling alleys,  billiard  tables,  pigeon-hole  tables,  Jenny 
Lind  tables  or  other  gaming  tables  for  hire,  within 
the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Seattle,  without 
first  taking  out  a  license  therefor,  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction  thereof 
shall  for  each  and  every  such  offense  be  fined  in  any 
sum  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars  nor  less  than  five  dol- 
lars, with  costs  of  prosecution. 

SEC  9. — Any  person  who  shall  keep  any  billiard 
table,  bowling  alley,  pigeon-hole  table,  Jenny  Lind 
table  or  other  gaming  table  in  a  drinking-saloon  or 
house,  or  in  a  room  or  building  adjoining  or  attached 


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thereto,  and  shall  allow  the  same  to  be  used  by  two 
or  more  persons  to  determine  by  play  thereon  which 
of  the  persons  so  playing  shall  pay  for  drinks,  cigars 
or  other  articles  for  sale  in  such  saloon  or  drinking 
house,  shall  within  the  meaning  of  this  Ordinance, 
be  deemed  to  be  keeping  the  same  for  hire  and 
shall  be  subject  to  license  as  in  this  Ordinance 
provided. 

SEC.  10. — Nothing  in  this  Ordinance  shall  be  so 
construed  as  to  restrict  the  sale  by  apothecaries  or 
druggists  of  spirituous,  malt  or  fermented  liquors  or 
wine  for  medicinal  purposes  upon  the  prescription  of 
a  practicing  physician,  and  no  license  shall  be  required 
therefor. 

SEC.  11.— Nothing  in  this  Ordinance  shall  be  so 
construed  as  to  affect  or  impair  the  validity  of  licenses 
heretofore  granted  by  the  Board  of  County  Commis- 
sioners of  King  County,  and  not  yet  expired. 

SEC.  12. — It  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  City 
Marshal,  Chief  of  Police  and  all  police  officers  to 
make  complaint  against  any  person  whom  they  know 
or  suspect  of  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
Ordinance. 

SEC.  13. — Every  person  to  whom  any  license  is 
granted  under  the  provisions  of  this  Ordinance,  shall 
keep  the  same  posted  up  in  a  conspicious  place  in  his 
place  of  business  where  the  business  authorized  by 
such  license  is  carried  on;  and  in  any  prosecution  for 


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a  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Ordinance 
in  not  taking  out  license  as  required,  such  license 
shall  be  no  defense  or  protection  to  the  person  ac- 
cused unless  such  person  shall  produce  such  license 
and  prove  by  competent  evidence  that  he  kept  the 
same  posted  as  required  by  this  section  continuously 
from  and  after  the  granting  of  such  license. 

SEC.  14. — All  licenses  granted  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Ordinance  shall  be  issued  by  the  City 
Clerk  signed  by  him  in  his  official  capacity  with  the 
seal  of  the  city  affixed ;  and  for  each  and  every  such 
license  so  issued  by  such  City  Clerk,  he  (said  clerk) 
shall  be  entitled  to  charge  and  collect  from  the  per- 
son obtaining  such  license,  the  sum  of  one  dollar. 

SEC.  15. — This  Ordinance  shall  be  published  more 
than  five  days  prior  to  the  first  day  of  January,  A.  D. 
1880,  and  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  said  1st  day  01  January,  1880. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  205. 

TO  AMEND  SECTION  TWO  OF  ORDINANCE  NO.  204. 
Approved  Jan.  3,  1880. 

(See  Ordinance  No.  204.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  206. 

TO  AMEND   SECTIONS  TWO  AND  THREE  OF  ORDINANCE  NO.  191. 
Approved  Feb.  12,  1880. 

(See  Ordinance  No.  191.) 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  207. 

AN    ORDINANCE   APPOINTING   A    SPECIAL    POLICE     OFFICER    FOR   THE 

CITY    OF   SEATTLE. 
Approved  March  5,  1880. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1. — That  W.  H.  Warren  be  and  he  is  here- 
by appointed  a  special  police  officer  for  the  City  of 
Seattle. 

SEC.  2. — The  said  special  police  officer  shall 
have  the  same  power  to  make  arrest  within  the  city 
limits  for  the  violation  of  city  Ordinances  or  for  the 
commission  of  other  offences  as  the  regular  police  of 
said  city. 

SEC.  3. — The  said  special  officer  may  be  removed 
at  any  time  by  the  Council  when  they  shall  deem  the 
same  necessary,  and  shall  at  all  times  be  under  the 
supervision  of  the  officer  having  charge  over  the  or- 
dinary police  officers  of  said  city.' 

SEC.  4. — The  said  city  shall  in  no  event  be  liable 
for  any  fees  or  compensation  to  said  special  officer  or 
for  services  rendered  by  him  as  such  special  police 
officer. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  208. 

AN    ORDINANCE     TO   ELECT     WHAT       PORTION     OF    THE      LANDS    INSIDE     THK 

CORPORATE  LIMITS  OP  THE  CITY  OP  SEATTLE,  THE  CORPORATE  AUTHORITIES 

OF    SAID    CITY    DESIRE    SHALL    BE    WITHKLD    FROM    PRE-EMPTION     AND 

HOMESTEAD  AND  OTHFIl  ENTRY. 

Approved  March  12,  1880. 

2he  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1. — That  all  that  portion  of  land  within  the 


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corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Seattle,  embraced  within 
sections  five  (5)  and  six  (6),  and  the  west  half  of  sec- 
tion four  (4),  in  township  twenty-four  (24),  north  of 
range  four  (4)  east  of  the  Willamette  meridian,  and 
sections  thirty-one  (31)  and  thirty-two  (32^  and  the 
west  half  of  section  thirty-three  (§§)  in  township 
twenty-five  (25)  north  of  range  four  (4)  east  of  the 
Willamette  meridian — all  which  sections  and  parts  of 
sections  are  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of 
Seattle,  and  contain  about  nineteen  hundred  and  forty- 
six  (}  946)  acres  of  land  and  embrace  the  actual  site 
of  the  municipal  corporation,  occupation  and  im- 
provement--be  and  the  same  is  hereby  elected  as 
that  portion  of  the  lands  inside  the  corporate  limits 
of  said  City  of  Seattle,  which  the  corporate  authori- 
ties of  said  city  desire  shall  be  withheld  from  pre- 
emption, homestead  and  other  entry. 

SEC.  2. — The  City  Attorney  is  hereby  instructed 
to  take  such  action  in  behalf  of  the  city  as  shall  carry 
into  effect  the  provisions  of  this  Ordinance. 

SEC.  3. — Nothing  in  this  Ordinance  shall  be  so 
construed  as  to  abridge  or  in  any  manner  affect  the 
corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Seattle  for  general 
municipal  purposes  or  for  any  other  purpose  whatso- 
ever other  than  the  simple  witholding  from  pre-emp- 
tion, homestead  and  other  entry  of  public  lands  with- 
in the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Seattle. 

SEC.     4. — That  all   Ordinances  and  parts  of  Ordi- 


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nances  in  any  manner  conflicting  with  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Ordinance  be  and  the  same  are  hereby 
repealed. 

SEC.  5. — This  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be 
in  force  at  the  expiration  of  five  (§)  days  after  the 
same  shall  have  been  published. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  209. 

AN    ORDINANCE   AUTHORIZING     THK    CITY    TREASURER    IN    CERTAIN 

CASES  TO  PURCHASE    FOR    THE  CITY  REAL  PROPERTY    WHEN 

SOLD    FOR    TAXES. 

Approved  March  12, 1880. 

Tke  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1. — That  hereafter  whenever  any  valua- 
ble real  property  upon  which  any  city  taxes  shall  be 
due  and  delinquent,  shall  be  offered  for  sale  for  any 
taxes,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Treasurer  and 
he  is  hereby  authorized  to  bid  in  such  real  property 
in  the  name  and  for  the  benefit  of  the  city  whenever 
in  his  descretion  it  shall  appear  to  be  profitable  to 
the  city  to  do  so;  and  this  section  shall  apply  to  all 
tax  sales  whatsoever  as  well  for  County,  School,  Ter- 
ritorial or  other  taxes,  as  for  city  taxes:  Provided 
however,  that  in  any  case  where  the  amount  of  all  tax- 
es, costs,  expenses  and  all  charges  can  be  realized 
through  any  other  bidder,  then  and  in  that  case  such 
City  Treasurer  shall  not  bid,  but  shall  give  way  to 
such  other  bidder,  it  being  the  intention  hereby  to 
provide  solely  for  cases  where  the  property  will  re- 
main unsold  or  be  bid  in  by  the  County. 

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SBC.  2.— That  the  City  Treasurer  shall  pay  for  all 
real  property  so  bid  in  by  him  out  of  any  moneys  in 
his  hands  belonging  to  the  general  fund,  and  shall 
take  from  the  County  Treasurer  duplicate  receipts 
therefor,  one  of  which  the  City  Treasurer  shall  file 
with  the  City  Clerk  who  shall  credit  him  with  the 
amount  thereof;  arid  the  said  Cit}r  Treasurer  shall  in 
like  manner  pay  the  taxes  on  all  property  so  bid  in 
by  him  and  remaining  unredeemed  as  soon  as  such 
taxes  shall  become  due  and  shall  in  like  manner  take 
duplicate  receipts  therefor,  one  of  which  he  shall  file 
with  the  City  Clerk,  who  shall  credit  the  said  City 
Treasurer  with  the  amount  thereof. 

SEC.  3  — That  the  City  Treasurer  shall  take  all 
certificates  of  purchase  for  the  real  property  so  bid  in 
by  him  in  the  name  of  the  city  and  shall  forthwith 
deliver  the  same  to  the  City  Clerk,  who  shall  preserve 
the  same,  and  shall  at  the  proper  time  procure  the 
proper  deeds  for  such  real  property  and  have  such 
deeds  properly  recorded. 

SEC.  4. — This  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be 
force  at  the  expiration  of  five  days  after  the  same 
shall  have  been  published. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  210. 

AW     ORDINANCE     TO     PROVIDE     FOB    ASSESSING*,    LEVYING     AWD  COL- 
LECTING   THE    CITY    REVENUE    OP  THE  CITY    OF  SEATTLE- 

Approved  A  pi*  10,  1880. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  :  , 

SECTION  1. — The   Assessor  of  the  City  of  Seattle 


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shall  annually  ascertain  by  dilligent  inquiry,  between 
the  first  Monday  in  April  and  the  first  Monday  in 
July  in  every  year,  the  names  of  all  persons  liable  to 
taxation  for  city  purposes  within  the  limits  of  said 
city,  and  also  all  the  personal  property  and  all  real 
estate  within  said  limits  or  owned  by  persons  inhabit- 
ing said  city  taxable  for  city  purposes,  with  the  names 
of  the  owners  thereof,  as  far  as  he  can  find  out;  and 
he  shall  cause  to  be  made  out  an  assessment  roll  of 
all  such  taxable  persons  and  property  as  herein  pro- 
vided, and  he  shall  certify  and  return  the  same  to  the 
clerk  of  said  city  on  or  before  the  first  Monday  of 
July  in  each  year.  All  assessments  of  property  as 
contemplated  in  this  Ordinance  shall  be  made  with 
reference  to  the  first  Monday  of  April  at  12  o'clock 
meridian,  next  preceeding  any  such  assessment,  and 
all  property  shall  be  assessed  to  the  persons  who  own 
or  claim  the  same  on  the  next  preceeding  first  Mon- 
day of  April  at  12  o'clock  meridian. 

SEC.  2. — The  Assessor  shall  require  as  far  as  he 
has  knowledge,  any  person  liable  to  pay  a  tax  for  city 
purposes,  to  furnish  to  him  a  list  of  all  his  real  and 
personal  property  liable  to  taxation  for  said  purposes, 
stating  the  same  in  detail,  and  he  shall  require  such 
person  to  make  an  oath,  that  to  the  best  of  his  know- 
ledge and  belief,  such  list  contains  a  full  and  true 
account  of  all  his  property  liable  to  be  taxed  for  city 
purposes,  and  if  any  person  refuse  to  furnish  such  list 


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or  to  swear  to  the'  same  when  required  so  to  do  by 
said  Assessor,  such  person  shall  forfeit  and  pay  to  the 
City  of  Seattle  for  the  use  of  said  city,  the  sum  of 
seventy-five  dollars,  to  be  collected  as  other  penalties 
for  the  use  of  said  city  are  collected. 

SEC.  3. — From  the  information  obtained  as  afore- 
said, or  from  any  other  reliable  information,  the  As- 
sessor shall  proceed  to  make  up  a  correct  list  of  all 
persons  and  property  subject  to  taxation  by  the  City 
of  Seattle,  in  which  shall  be  included  the  valua- 
tion of  such  property.  He  shall  enter  therein  the 
names  of  all  such  persons  alphabetically  arranged  and 
opposite  the  name  of  each  person,  in  separate  columns, 
the  subject  of  taxation  with  which  he  is  chargeable, 
that  is  to  say : 

The  names  of  male  inhabitants  of  the  city  between 
twenty-one  and  fifty  years  of  age  (except  persons 
that  are  a  public  charge)  liable  to  pay  a  road  poll-tax. 

The  names  of  persons  owning  or  otherwise  having 
control  of  real  and  personal  property  subject  to  tax- 
ation. 

A  description  of  each  tract  or  parcel  of  land,  and 
when  divided  into  lots  and  blocks,  then  the  number 
of  the  lot  and  block,  and  plat  or  addition  to  said  city 
in  which  the  same  are  situated. 

The  full  cash  value  of  the  improvements  upon  each 
lot  or  parcel  of  land  assessed. 


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The  full  cash  value  of  each  lot  or  parcel  of  land 
assessed. 

The  number  of  horses,  mules,  asses  and  jennets, 
And  the  value  thereof. 

The  number  of  cattle  and  the  value  thereof. 
The  number  of  hogs  and  the  value  thereof. 

The  value  of  garden  and  farming  utensils  and  im- 
plements and  agricultural  products  and  products  of 
animals  and  bees. 

The  number  of  carriages,  carryalls,  gigs,  buggies., 
coaches,  hacks,  wagons,  carts,  drays,  trucks  and  other 
vehicles,  and  the  value  thereof,  not  including  those 
constituting  part  of  the  stock  of  a  merchant  or  man- 
ufacturer, or  those  included  as  farming  utensils. 

The  value  of  harness,  saddles  and  bridles,  not  in* 
eluding  those  constituting  part  of  the  stock  of  a  mer- 
chant or  manufacturer,  or  those  included  as  farming 
utensils. 

The  number  of  watches  and  clocks  and  the  value 
thereof,  not  including  those  constituting  part  of  the 
stock  of  a  merchant  or  manufacturer. 

The  number  of  piano-fortes,  organs,  melodeons  and 
other  musical  instruments  and  the  value  thereof  n.pt 
including  those  constituting  part  of  the  stock  of  a 
merchant  or  manufacturer,  or  articles  before  enume- 
rated. 

The    value  of  household  furniture  exceeding  ,QU«e 


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hundred  dollars,  not  including  articles  before  enume- 
rated. 

The  value  of  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  kept 
for  sale  in  the  city;  and  of  all  capital  and  machinery 
employed  in  any  branch  of  manufactures  or  other 
business  within  the  city  by  any  corporation,  firm  or 
individual,  not  including  property  or  articles  before 
enumerated  or  capital  invested  in  real-estate. 

The  value  of  any  interest  in  a  boat  or  vessel  owned 
by  an  inhabitant  of  the  city,  when  such  boat  or  ves- 
sel is  engaged  in  navigation  wholly  within  the  waters 
of  Washington  Territory. 

The  value  of  all  debts  due  or  to  become  due  from 
solvent  debtors  over  and  above  liabilities. 

The  value  of  all  moneys  and  gold  dust  in  hand  or 
on  deposit. 

The  value  of  all  gold  and  silver  plate  and  jewelry 
not  including  articles  constituting  the  stock  of  a 
merchant  or  manufacturer,  or  articles  before  enume- 
rated. 

The  value  of  all  public  stocks,  and  stocks  or  shares 
in  all  incorporated  companies,  not  including  stocks  in 
incorporated  companies  which  are  taxed  on  their 
capital. 

The  value  of  all  professional  and  private  libraries. 

The  value  of  all  other  personal  property  not  before 
enumerated  and  not  exempt  from  taxation  nor  other- 
wise assessed. 


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The  total  valuation  of  all  personal  property. 

The  total  valuation  of  all  real  property. 

The  total  valuation  of  all  property  assessed,  real 
and  personal. 

SEC.  4. — When  any  person  is  assessed  as  trustee, 
guardian,  executor  or  administrator,  a  designation  of 
his  representative  character  shall  be  added  to  his 
name  and  such  assessment  shall  be  entered  in  a  sepa- 
rate line  from  his  individual  assessment. 

SEC.  5. — Initial  letters,  abbreviations  and  figures 
may  be  used  to  designate  townships,  ranges,  sections 
or  parts  of  sections,  lots  and  blocks  in  either  the  as- 
sessment or  tax-roll. 

SEC.  6. — Unoccupied  lots  or  land  liable  to  taxa- 
tion when  the  name  ol  the  owner  is  unknown,  shall 
be  listed  under  the  name  '*  unknown  owner,"  and  they 
shall  be  assessed  in  the  same  manner  as  lands  of 
known  owners  are  assessed. 

SEC.  7. — Partners  in  merchantile  or  other  business 
may  be  jointly  assessed  for  the  partnership  property, 
or.  they  may  be  severaly  assessed  for  their  individual 
shares  in  such  property. 

SEC.  8. — Before  the  Assessor  returns  the  assess- 
ineut-roll  as  provided  in  section  one  01  this  Ordinance, 
he  shall  append  thereto  his  oath,  to  the  effect  that 
the  said  roll  contains  the  names  of  all  persons  liable 
tor  any  tax  and  a  complete,  true  and  perfect  list  and 
description  of  all  property  within  the  City  of  Seattle, 


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subject  to  taxation  for  city  purposes  as  faras  he  could,  by 
diligent  inquiry  ascertain  the  same,  and  that  the  valua- 
tion of  property  therein  is  true  and  just  according 
to  his  best  judgment. 

Ssc.  9. — The  City  Council  shall  on  the  second 
Monday  in  July  in  each  year,  hold  a  meeting  for  the 
revision  of  any  erroneous  assessment  in  such  assess- 
ment-roll, and  at  such  meeting  such  roll  shall  be  re- 
vised as  provided  by  law. 

Such  meeting  may  be  adjourned  from  day  to  day, 
not  exceeding  five  days,  in  order  to  complete  such  re- 
vision. 

SEC.  10. — On  the  second  Monday  in  July  in  each 
year  the  City  Council  shall  proceed  to  assess  and  levy 
the  taxes  for  the  ensuing  year  to  such  an  amount  as 
they  may  deem  necessary  and  so  far  as  they  are  au- 
thorized so  to  do  by  sections  three,  four,  five,  six 
seven  and  sixteen,  of  the  City  Charter. 

SEC.  11.— All  taxes  levied  and  assessed  as  provid- 
ed in  section  ten  of  this  Ordinance,  must  be  paid  to 
the  City  Treasurer  on  or  before  the  31st  day  of  De- 
cember, in  each  year,  save  that  levied  and  assessed 
under  section  seven  of  said  charter,  which  is  due  arid 
payable  as  provided  in  section  eighty-one  of  said 
charter. 

SEC.  12. — When  tht  taxes  are  levied  and  assessed 
ad  provided  in  section  ten  of  this  Ordinance,  the 
clerk  shall  forthwith  make  out  a  tax-roll,  and  it  must 


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be  alphabetically  arranged  as  in  said  assessment-roll, 
and  it  shall  also  contain  a  description  of  the  real-es- 
tate as  in  said  assessment-roll,  and  it  shall  also  con- 
tain a  column  showing  the  total  valuation  of  real-es- 
tate and  a  column  showing  the  total  valuation  of  all 
personal  property,  and  also  columns  showing  the 
amountand  character  of  tax  opposite  each  person's  name 
on  said  tax-roll  levied  and  assessed  as  hereinbefore  pro- 
vided to  be  collected  from  such  persons.  And  it  shall 
also  contain  columns  showing  the  aggregate  amount  of 
all  taxes  charged  on  the  valuation  of  real-estate,  and 
the  aggregate  amount  of  all  taxes  charged  on  the 
valuation  of  personal  property,  and  the  aggregate 
amount  of  all  taxes  charged  on  the  valuation  of  alj 
property  assessed  to  each  person  named  in  the  assess- 
ment-roll. When  said  tax-roll  is  completed,  the  clerk 
shall  certify  the  same,  and  he  must  deliver  it  forth- 
with to  the  City  Treasurer  and  charge  said  Treasurer 
with  the  amount  of  tax  due  on  said  tax-roll,  and 
thereafter,  until  said  taxes  shall  become  delinquent, 
the  same  may  be  paid  to  the  City  Treasurer  as  pro- 
vided by  law:  Provided,  however,  that  no  tax  thall  be 
satisfied  and  paid  otherwise  than  by  payment  of  the 
same  in  lawful  money  of  the  United  States. 

SEC.  13 — In  construing  this  Ordinance  words 
used  in  the  masculine  gender  indicate  the  feminine 
and  neuter,  and  the  word  person,  includes  a  corpora- 
tion as  well  as  a  natural  person. 


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SEC.  14. — The  following  Ordinances  on  the  sub- 
ject matter  of  this  Ordinance  are  now  hereby  repealed  : 
that  is  to  say:  Ordinances  numbered  eighty-two, 
ninety-two,  one  hundred  and  thirty-five,  one  hundred 
and  thirty-six,  one  hundred  and  forty-three,  one  hund- 
red and  forty-five,  one  hundred  and  seventy-eight 
and  all  other  Ordinances  and  parts  of  Ordinances 
on  the  said  subject  matter  of  this  Ordinance  or 
in  any  manner  conflicting  with  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Ordinance:  Provided,  however,  that 
the  repeal  of  said  Ordinances  shall  not  affect  any 
tax  levied  and  assessed,  or  any  act  done,  or  forfeiture 
incurred,  or  any  right  established,  accrued  or  accru- 
ing under  any  of  said  Ordinances  hereby  repealed,  or 
any  suit  or  other  proceeding  pending  to.  collect  or  en- 
force the  payment  of  any  tax  levied  and  assessed  un- 
der any  Ordinance  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  15. — This  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be 
in  force  at  the  expiration  of  five  days  after  the  same 
shall  have  been  published. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  211. 

AN    ORDINANCE    CREATING    AN    ASSESSMENT  DISTRICT    IN    ORDER    TO 
PROVIDE  FUNDS  TO  PAY  FOR  THE  GRADING  AND  IMPROVEMENT 
OP    FRONT    STREET    BETWEEN     JAMES    AND    PIKE    STREETS, 
WHICH    GRADING    AND    IMPROVEMENT    WAS    DONE  UN- 
DER ORDINANCE    NO.  112  AND  THE  AMENDMENTS 

THERETO. 
Approved  Apr.  10,  1880. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows; 

SECTION     1. — That  in  order  to  provide  funds  to  pay 
T 


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for  the  grading  and  the  improvement  of  Front  Street 
between  James  and  Pike  Streets,  which  grading  and 
improvement  was  done  under  Ordinance  No.  112  and 
the  amendments  thereto,  an  assessment  district  be 
and  the  same  is  now  hereby  established  as  follows , 
to- wit:  Commencing  at  a  point  on  the  centre  line  of 
Front  Street  where  the  said  line  intersects  the  north- 
ern boundary  line  of  James  Street;  thence  in  a  north- 
easterly direction  along  said  boundary  line  of  James 
Street  a  distance  of  1(»1  feet;  thence  in  a  north-west- 
erly direction  along  a  line  parallel  to  the  centre  line 
of  Front  Street  to  the  southern  boundary  line  of  Pike 
Street;  thence  in  a  south-westerly  direction  along 
said  southern  boundary  line  of  Pike  Street  a  distance 
of  322  feet;  thence  in  a  south-easterly  direction  along 
a  lioe  parallel  to  the  centre  line  of  Front  Street  to 
the  north  boundary  line  of  Mill  Street;  thence  east 
along  said  north  boundry  line  of  Mill  Street  to  a  point 
where  the  said  line  intersects  the  northern  boundary 
line  of  James  Street;  thence  in  a  north-easterly  di- 
rection along  said  northern  boundary  line  of  James 
Street  to  the  place  of  beginning. 

SBC.  2. — All  lots  and  parcels  of  land  within  the 
district  hereby  created,  except  streets  and  alleys,  shall 
be  assessed  and  taxed  to  pay  for  said  grading  and  im- 
provement, done  under  Ordinance  No.  112  and  the 
amendments  thereto. 

SEC.     3. — The  Assessor  of  Seattle  is  hereby  direct- 


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ed  to  make  an  immediate  assessment  of  all  real  estate 
included  within  said  assessment  district  except  streets 
and  alleys,  and  file  his  assessment  roll  of  such  assess- 
ment with  the  City  Clerk  within  ten  days  after  this 
Ordinance  shall  take  effect. 

SEC.  4. — On  such  assessment  being  made  and 
filed,  the  City  Clerk  shall  cause  notice  thereof  to  be 
published  in  the  official  newspaper  of  the  City  of  Se- 
attle, which  notice  shall  state  the  fact  of  such  assess- 
ment having  been  made  and  filed,  and  that  the  same 
is  open  to  the  inspection  of  all  persons  whomsoever, 
at  some  certain  place  in  the  City  of  Seattle,  to  be  de- 
signated in  said  notice,  and  that  any  person  feeling 
himself  aggrieved  in  any  manner  by  such  assessment, 
may  apply  to  have  the  same  corrected  at  the  next 
regular  meeting  of  the  Common  Council  to  be  held  at 
their  Council  Chamber  on  Columbia  Street  in  the  City 
of  Seattle,  on  Friday  evening,  May  7th,  1880,  at  7  o'clock 
P.  M.  At  the  time  and  place  designated  in  said  no- 
tice, the  Common  Council  shall  proceed  to  hear  all 
complaints  touching  said  assessment  and  shall  correct 
the  same  in  a  just  and  equitable  manner  and  may  ad- 
journ from  day  to  day  or  from  time  to  time,  until  the 
business  is  completed,  and  they  may  with  or  without 
complaint  revise  and  correct  said  assessment  roll  by 
increasing  or  diminishing  the  valuation  of  property 
or  by  adding  to  or  striking  out  of  said  assessment  roll 
as  may  be  proper :  Provided,  however,  that  no  proper- 


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ty  shall  be  added  to  the  roll  or  any  valuation  increas- 
ed without  at  least  one  day's  written  notice  to  the 
person  affected  thereby  or  his  agent,  and  an  opportu- 
nity given  to  such  person  or  his  agent  to  appear  before 
the  Council  and  be  heard  in  that  behalf  and  witnesses 
may  be  produced  and  examined  in  behalf  of  such  per- 
son and  iii  behalf  of  the  city. 

SEC.     5. — That  as  soon  as  may  be  after  the  assess- 
ment roll  is  made  and  the  assessment  is  corrected  and 
approved  by  the  Common  Council,  a  special  tax  suffi- 
cient to  pay  for  said  grading  and   improvement  shall 
be  levied  on  the  real  estate  in  the  assessment  district 
herein  provided  for;  and  the   Common  Council  shall 
proceed  by  Ordinance  to  fix  the  amouut  of  such  special 
tax   and   to   provide    for   the  collection  of  the  same: 
Provided,  that  all  money  paid  under  any  prior  assess- 
ment or  tax  for  said  grading  and   improvement,  shall 
be  credited  to  the  persons  paying  the  same  or  to  his 
or  their  grantee,  and  shall  be  an  offset  to  the  extent 
of  the  sum  so  paid  against  the  amount  levied  on  the 
real  estate  for  which  the  same  was  so  paid. 

SEC.  6. — That  Ordinance,  No.  175  entitled,  "  An 
"  Ordinance  creating  an  assessment  district  in  order 
"  to  provide  funds  to  pay  for  the  grading  and  'the  im- 
"  provement  of  Front  Street  between  James  and  Pike 
"  Streets,  which  grading  and  improvement  was  done 
"under  Ordinance  No.  112,  and  the  amendments 
"thereto,"  approved  December  14th,  J878,  together 


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with  all  other  Ordinances  and  parts  of  Ordinances 
in  any  manner  whatsoever  conflicting  with  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  Ordinance  be  and  the  same  hereby 
are  repealed. 

SEC.  7. — That  this  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  and 
be  in  force  at  tht  expiration  of  five  days  after  the 
same  shall  have  been  published. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  212. 

AN  ORDINANCE   TO   PROVIDE   FOR   THE  COMPILATION,  PRINTING  AND 

PUBLISHING    IN    PAMPHLET    FORM    OP    THE   ORDINANCES 

OF  THE    CITY    OF    SEATTLE. 

Approved  April  10,  1880. 

Ike  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows: 

SECTION  1.- — That  the  Ordinances  of  the  City  of 
Seattle  be  compiled,  printed  and  published  in  pam- 
phlet form  with  a  suitable  index  for  convenient  refer- 
ence. 

SEC.  2. — That  said  pamphlet  shall  contain  the 
same  sized  pages  and  be  printed  in  the  same  type  as, 
and  shall  conform  as  near  as  practicable  to,  the  com- 
pilation of  the  Ordinances  of  the  City  of  Portland , 
of  the  year  1879,  a  copy  of  which  was  presented  to 
the  City  of  Seattle  by  the  City  of  Portland,  with  the 
following  endorsement  in  gilt  letters:  "  City  of  Port- 
land to  City  of  Seattle,"  save  and  except  that  the 
binding  thereof  shall  be  in  pamphlet  form. 

SEC.     3. — That  the  law  firm  of  Hall  &  Osborne  is 


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hereby  employed  to  compile  the  Ordinances  of  the 
City  of  Seattle,  and  to  prepare  the  copy  thereof  for 
the  printer,  to  read  the  proof-sheets  thereof  and  to 
prepare  a  suitable  index  thereof  and  to  procure  the 
printing  thereof  to  be  done  in  a  neat  and  workman- 
like manner, 

SEC.  4. — That  for  their  services  in  compiling  the 
said  Ordinances,  preparing  the  copy  for  the  printer, 
reading  the  proof-sheets,  preparing  the  index  and 
superintending  the  work,  the  said  Hall  &  Osborne 
shall  be  allowed  and  paid  by  the  City  of  Seattle  the 
sum  of  two  hundred  dollars  in  city  scrip,  to  be  drawn 
on  the  proper  fund,  and  they  shall  not  be  allowed  any 
other  or  further  compensation  whatsoever  therefor. 

SEC.  5. — That  of  the  said  compilation  there  shall 
be  printed  and  published  250  copies,  and  the  expense 
of  printing  shallin  no  event  exceed  one  dollar  per  page 
for  the  whole  number  of  pages  contained  in  the  pamphlet 
when  completed  and  the  copies  thereof  delivered  to 
the  City  Clerk  as  hereinafter  provided,  payable  in  city 
scrip  at  the  par  value  thereof,  to  be  drawn  on  the 
proper  fund. 

SEC.  6. — That  when  completed  the  said  copies 
shall  be  delivered  to  the  City  Clerk,  who  shall  deliver 
to  each  officer  of  the  city  one  copy  thereof,  and  such 
officer  shall  carefully  preserve  the  same  and  deliver 
the  same  to  his  successor  in  office.  The  remainder  of 


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said  copies  shall  be  disposed  of  as  provided  in  the 
next  section. 

SEC  7. — That  the  remainder  of  said  copies  shall 
be  carefully  preserved  by  the  clerk  and  shall  not  be 
exhibited  or  loaned  to  any  person  whomsoever,  and  any 
person  wishing  to  purchase  a  copy  of  the  said  compila- 
tion may  apply  to  the  City  Treasurer  and  on  payment  to 
such  Treasurer  of  the  sum  ol  one  dollar,  such  Treasurer 
shall  give  the  applicant  a  certificate  therefor,  and  on 
presentation  of  such  certificate  to  the  City  Clerk  such 
clerk  shall  deliver  one  copy  to  such  applicant  and  shall 
charge  the  Treasurer  with  the  amount  so  received  by 
him  which  amount  shall  be  paid  into  and  become  a 
part  of  the  general  fund  of  the  city. 

SEC.  8. — That  this  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  and 
be  in  force  at  the  expiration  of  five  days  after  the 
same  shall  have  been  published. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  213. 

TO  AMEND  SECTIONS  TWO,  FIVE  AND  TEN  OF  ORDINANCE  NO.  198- 
Approved  April  21,  1880. 

(See.  Ordinance  No.  198.) 


ORDINANCE  NO.  214. 

AN    ORDINANCE    TO    PROHIBIT    AND    PUNISH    THE    PLAYINO    AT  BALL 

OR    THROWING    OF    BALLS    OR    OTHER    SUBSTANCES    TO    AND  FRO 

WITHIN    THE     FIRE  LIMITS  OF    THE  ClTT  OF  SEATTLE. 

Approved  May    9,    1880.      . 

The  City  of  Seattle  dofe  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  1. — It  shall  not  hereafter  be  lawful  for  any 


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person  or  persons  to  play  at  foot-ball  or  other  game 
of  ball,  or  to  throw  to  and  fro  any  ball  or  other  sub- 
stance in  any  street  of  this  city  within  the  fire  limits 
thereof. 

SEC.  2. — Any  person  or  persons  violating  any  of 
the  provisions  of "  this  Ordinance,  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  shall  on  conviction 
thereof,  for  each  and  every  such  offense,  be  fined  in 
any  sum  not  exceeding  ten  dollars  and  the  costs  of 
prosecution  and  shall  be  committed  to  jail  until  such 
fine  and  costs  are  paid  or  the  party  shall  be  otherwise 
lawfully  discharged  from  custody. 

SEC.  3. — This  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be 
in  force  at  the  expiration  of  five  days  after  the  same 
shall  have  been  published. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  215. 

AN    ORDINANCE     TO     RESTRAIN    AND     REGULATE  THE  DEPOSITING  OF 

BALLAST  IN  ELLIOTT^    BAY    AND     UPON    WHARVES    AND    OTHEK 

STRUCTURES    THEREIN    WITHIN  THE  INCORPORATE    LIMITS 

OP  THE  CITY  OP  SEATTLE. 

Approved  May.  15,  1880. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows  : 

SECTION  l.-^No  master  of  any  vessel  or  other  per- 
son shall  deposit,  dischage  or  throw  into  or  cause  to 
be  deposited,  discharged  or  thrown  into  Elliott's  Bay 
within  the  incorporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Seattle 
below  high  water  mark,  any  ballast  whatsoever, 


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at  any  place  or  places  whatsoever  except  as  in 
this  Ordinance  otherwise  especially  providded ; 
nor  shall  any  such  master  or  other  person  dis- 
charge, deposit  or  place,  or  cause  to  be  discharged, 
deposited  or  placed  within  such  incorporate  limits 
upon  any  wharf  or  other  structure  whatsoever  built 
or  extended  into  or  over  the  waters  of  said  Elliott's 
Bay,  any  ballast  whatsoever  except  as  in  this  Ordi- 
nance otherwise  especially  provided. 

SEC.  2. — Any  such  master  or  other  person  desir- 
ing to  deposit,  discharge  or  place  any  ballast  in  Elli- 
ott's Bay  below  high  water  mark  and  within  the  in- 
corporate limits  of  the  City  of  Seattle,  or  upon  any 
wharf  or  other  structure  built  or  extended  into  or 
over  the  waters  of  said  Elliott's  Bay  and  within  such 
corporate  limits,  shall  make  an  application  in  writing  to 
the  Common  Council  of  said  city,  designating  the  ves- 
sel from  which  such  ballast  is  to  be  taken,  the 
time  when  the  same  is  to  be  so  taken,  and  the  place, 
wharf  or  other  structure  which  is  to  receive  the  same, 
and  the  number  of  days  required  to  discharge  such 
ballast  not  exceeding  twenty  days. 

SEC.  3. — Such  Common  Council  ,at  the  same  or 
any  subsequent  meeting  on  consideration  of  such  ap- 
plication may  make  such  order  in  the  premises  as  they 
may  deem  proper,  and  may  grant  a  permit  to  such 
applicant  authorizing  him  to  discharge  or  deposit  such 
ballast  at  a  place  to  be  designated  in  such  permit,  on 
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such  terms,  conditions  and  restrictions,  and  on  pay- 
ment of  such  sums  pf  money  as  such  Common  Coun- 
cil shall  deem  proper,  to  prescribe. 

•  SEC.  4. — Such  permit  shall  be-  issued  by.  the  Har- 
bor Master,  in  the  manner  following,  that  is  to  say: 
The  person  in  whose  favor  such  permit  is  ordered 
shall  first  pay  to  the  City  Treasurer  the  sum  of  money 
required  by  the  order  allowing  such  permit  and  shall 
deliver  such  Treasurer's  receipt  to  the  Harbor  Master 
who  shall  thereupon  deposit  such  receipt  with  the 
City  Clerk,  who  shall  charge  the  Treasurer  with  the 
amount  thereof.  The  Harbor  Master  shall  there- 
upon issue  such  permit. 

SEC.  ,5. — Such  permit  shall  be  dated  and  signed  by 
such  Harbor  Master  and  countersigned  by  the  City 
Clerk  and  sealed  with  the  corporate  seal  of  the  city. 
It  shall  set  forth  the  name  of  the  vessel  from  which 
the  ballast  is  to  be  taken  and  designate  the  place 
where  the  same  is  to  be  deposited  with  reasonable 
certainty  and  the  name  of  the  person  in  whose  favor 
the  same  is  issued,  and  shall  set  forth  all  the  terms, 
conditions  and  restrictions  prescribed  in  the  order  of 
the  Common  Council  granting  the  same.  It  shall  also 
set  forth  the  length  of  time  (not  exceeding  twenty 
days)  during  which  it  shall  remain  in  force.  No  per- 
mit shall  allow  more  than  the  discharge  of  ballast 
from  one  vessel  on.  a  single  voyage,  nor  remain  in 
force  longer  than  twenty  days  from  the  date  thereof; 


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and  all  permits  granted  or  issued  in  violation  of  any 
of  the  provisions  of  this  Ordinance  or  allowing  other 
or  different  privileges  than  are  contemplated  by  the 
provisions  of  thi^  Ordinancer  shall  be  utterly  null  and 
void. 

SRC.  6. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Harbor  Master 
to  make  complaint  against  any  person  violating  any 
of  the  provisions  of  section  one  of  this  Ordinance  and 
to  exercise  surveillance  over  every  person  in  whose 
favor  any  such  permit  is  granted  so  far  as  to  see  that 
the  terms,  conditions  and  restrictions  of  such  permit 
are  not  violated  and  to  make  complaint  in  all  cases  of 
such  violation. 

SEC.  7. — [As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  22].] 
For  every  such  permit  issued  by  such  Harbor 
Master  he  shall  charge  and  collect  from  the  per- 
son to  whom  such  per  nit  is  issued  the  sum  of  five 
dollars,  which  sum  he  shall  forthwith  pay  over  to  the 
City  Treasurer,  taking  bis  receipt  therefor;  which  re- 
ceipt he  shall  tile  with  the  City  Clerk,  who  shall 
charge  the  Treasurer  with  the  amount  thereof.  For 
countersigning  and  sealing  any  such  permit,  the  City 
Clerk  shall  be  entitled  to  charge  and  collect  from  the 
person  in  whose  favor  such  permit  is  issued  the  sum 
of  one  dollar. 

SEC.  8. — Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provis- 
ions of  section  on3  of  this  Ordinance  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  shall  on  conviction  there- 
of for  each  and  every  such  offence  be  fined  in  any 


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sum  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  and  the  costs 
<>l  prosecution,  and  shall  be  committed  to  jail  until 
such  fine  and  costs  be  paid  or  the  party  is  otherwise 
lawfully  discharged  from  custody;  to  which  punish- 
ment may  be  added  imprisonment  not  exceeding  thir- 
ty days. 

SEC.  9. — Any  person  violating  any  of  the  terms, 
conditions  or  restriction*  of  xny  permit  granted  in 
pursuance  of  this  Ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a  misdemeanor  and  shall  on  conviction  thereof  for 
each  arid  every  such  offense  be  fined  in  any  sum  not 
exceeding  fifty  dollars  and  the  costs  of  prosecution, 
and  shall  be  committed  to  jail  until  such  fine  and 
costs  be  paid  or  the  party  is  otherwise  lawfully  dis- 
charged from  custody;  to  which  punishment  may  be 
added  not  exceeding  thirty  days. 

SEC.  10.— That  Ordinance  Nro.  179,  entitled, 
41  An  Ordinance  to  provide  for  and  regulate  the  de- 
positing of  ballast  in  Elliott's  Bay  within  the  incor- 
porate limits  of  the  City  of  Seattle,"  approved  June 
5th,  1879,  and  all  Ordinances  amendatory  thereof, 
and  all  other  Ordinances  or  parts  of  Ordinances  what- 
soever in  any  manner  conflicting  with  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Ordinance  be  arid  the  same  are  hereby 
repealed. 

SEC.  11. — This  Ordinance  shall  Uke  effect  and  be 
in  force  at  the  expiration  of  five  days  after  the  same 
shall  have  been  published. 


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•  ORDINANCE  •  NO.  216. 

AN    ORDINANCE    TO    PROVIDE  FOR  THE  LEVYING  AND  COLLECTING  OF 
A  SPECIAL  TAX  FOR  THE  GRADING  AND  IMPROVMEXT  OF  FRONT 

STREET. 

Approved  June  4,  1880. 

The  City  of  Seattle' does  ordain  as  follows; 

SECTION  1.— A  special' tax  of  Sixty-five  and  four- 
fiflhs  (65  4-5) 'mills  per  dollar  is  hereby  ordered  and 
levied  upon  all  property  assessed  in  "special  assess- 
ment district  created  by  Ordinance  No.  two  hundred 
arid  eleven  (211)  for  the  purpose  of  paying  for  the 
grading  and  improvement  therein 'mentioned. 

SEC.  2. — The  City  Clerk  is  hereby  directed  to 
make  out  a  list  of  all  'taxes  hereby  levied,  certified  by 
him  under  the  seal  of  the  city,  and  to  deliver  such 
list  iso  certified  to  the  City  Treasurer  for  collection, 
which  said  taxes1  shall  be  diiie  and  payable  on  or  be- 
fore the  15th  day  of  July/  1880. 

SEC.  3. — Upon  receiving  such  tax'  list  the  City 
Treasurer  shall  give  notice  thereof  by  advertisement 
published  in  the  official  newspaper  of  the  city,  which 
notice  shall  designate  the  time  when  said  taxes  are  to 
be  paid;  and  all  such  taxes  not  paid  on  or  prior  to 
the  said  15th  day  of  July,  1880,  shall  be  deemed  de- 
linquent, and  the  City 'Attorney  is  hereby  instructed 
to  proceed  to 'collect  such  delinquent  taxes  by 
action. 

SEC.  4. — That  this  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be 


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in  force  at  the  expiration  of  five  days  after  the  same 
shall  have  been  published. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  217. 

FOR    AN    APPROPRIATION    OF    MONEY     FoR     TUK     FOURTH     «»K    Jli»«Y 

CELEBRATION, 

1'n^srt.l  .June   11,  H«i> 

(This  ordinance  has  become  obsolete.)" 


ORDINANCE  NO.  218. 

AN    ORDINANCE    TO    PROVIDE     FOR     LIGHTING     THE     STRKKTS     ANl> 

FURNISHING    THE    CITY    OF    SEATTLE    WITH     LIGHTS    WITH 

IN    FIXED    LIMITS. 

Approved  July   16,  ItfSO. 

77ie  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  fottoavs  : 

SECTION  1. — -That  the  following  shall  be  the  limits 
within  which  property  shall  be  subject  to  a  special 
tax  for  lighting  the  streets  and  in  which  the  city 
shall  furnish  lights,  to-wit: 

All  that  part  of  the  City  of  Seattle  lying  west  of 
the  west  line  of  Fifth  Street  in  Maynard's  Additon  to 
the  town  (now  city)  of  Seattle,' and  all  west  of  the 
west  line  of  Fifth  Street  in  C.  D.  Boreri's  Addition  to 
the  town  (now  cityJ  of  Seattle,  and  running  on  aline 
on  the  south  side  of  Columbia  Street  to  EMliott's  Bay. 

SEC.  2. — That  this  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  and 
be  in  force  at  the  expiration  of  five  days  after  the 
same  shall  have  been  published. 


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ORDINANCE  NO.  219. 

AN  ORDINANCE  FIXING  THE  AMOUNT  AND  KIND  OF  TAXES  FOB  THE 
YEAR  1880,  AUTHORIZED  TO  BE  LEVIED  AM)  ASSESSED  UNDER  CHAP- 
TER TWO  (2)  OF  AN  ACT  ENTITLED  "AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  AN  ACT 
ENTITLED  AN  ACT  TO  INCORPORATE  THE  CITY  OF  SEATTLE,  AP- 
PROVED DECEMBER  2,  1869,"  WHICH  ACT  WAS  PASSED  BY  THE  LEG- 
ISLATIVE ASSEMBLY  OF  WASHINGTON  TERRITORY  AND  APRROVED 
NOVEMBER  12TH,  1875,  AND  THE  AMENDMENTS  THERETO  PASSED  BY 
SAID  ASSEMBLY  AND  APPROVED  NOVEMBER  5>TH,  1877. 

Approved  July  16,    1880. 

The  City  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  folloi/'s  : 

SECTION  1. — Tlhe  taxes  for  the  City  of  Seattle  for 
the  year  1880  shall  be  and  they  are  now  hereby  fixed 
and  levied  as  follows,  viz : 

For  general  municipal  purposes  at  the  rate  of 
four  mills  on  the  dollar  on  the  assessed  valuation  as 
returned  by  the  City  Assessor  in  the  year  1880. 

For  special  taxes  for  fire  purposes  at  the  rate  of  two 
mills  on  the  dollar  on  the  assessed  valuation  as  re- 
turned by  the  City  Assessor  in  the  year  1880. 

For  special  taxes  for  furnishing  the  city  with  lights 
at  the  rate  of  two  mills  on  the  dollar  on  the  assessed 
valuation  as  returned  by  the  City  Assessor  in  the 
vear  1880,  to  be  levied  and  assessed  on  the  property 
included  in  Ordinance  No.  218. 

For  special  taxes  for  road  purposes  at  the  rate  of 
three  mills  on  the  dollar  on  the  assessed  valuation  as 
returned  by  the  City  Assessor  in  the  year  1880;  and 
in  addition  a  road  poll  tax  of  four  dollars  on  every 
male  inhabitant  liable  for  the  same. 

For  special  taxes  for  cemetery  purposes  at  the  rate 
of  one-fourth  of  a  mill  on  the  dollar  on  the  assessed 


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valuation  as  returned  by  the  City  Assessor  in  the 
year  1880. 

SEC.  2. — The  taxes  as  fixed,  levied  and  assessed 
in  section  1  of  this  Ordinance,  are  levied  and  assessed 
on  all  property,  both  real  and  personal,  within  the 
City  of  Seattle,  as  shown  by  the  City  Assessor's  re- 
turn of  assessments  for  the  year  1880  as  corrected 
and  approved  by  the  Common  Council. 

SEC.  3. — This  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be 
in  force  at  the  expiration  of  five  days  after  the  same 
shall  have  been  published. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  220. 

AN    ORDINANCE    APPOINTING    A    SPECIAL    POLICE   OFFICFR    FOB  THB 
CITY    OF    SEATTLE. 

Approved  Aug.  6,  1880. 

'Ike  Ctty  of  Seattle  does  ordain  as  follows : 

SECTION  1. — That  David  Sires  be  and  he  is  hereby 
appointed  a  Special  Police  Officer  for  the  City  of  Se- 
attle. 

SEC.  2. — That  the  said  Special  Police  Officer  shall 
have  the  same  power  to  make  arrests  within  the  city 
limits  for  the  violation  of  City  Ordinances  or  for  the 
commission  of  other  offenses  as  the  regular  police  of 
said  city. 

SEC.  3. — That  the  said  Special  Officer  may  be  re- 
moved, suspended  or  superceeded  at  any  time  by  the 
Common  Council  whenever  they  shall  deem  proper,  and 


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shall  at  all  times  be  under  the  supervision  of  the 
officer  having  charge  qver  the  ordinary  police  officers 
of  said  city. 

SEC.  4. — The  said  city : shall  in  no  event  be  liable 
for  any  fees  or  compensation  to  said  Special  Officer, 
or  for  services  rendered;  by,  him  as  sach  Special  Police 
Officer. 


INDEX. 


ALLEYS— Relative  to  improvement  of 139 

AMUSEMENTS— License  of 100 

ASSESSOR  AND  COLLECTOR-Salary    of 97 

ASSESSMENT  ROLLS— Forms  of 107 

ASSESSMENT  FOR  TAXES-Relative  to ...  152 

ASSAULT  AND  BATTERY -Punishment   of :>S> 

ATTORNEY— Salary  of 1W 

Duties    of 120 

AUCTIONEERS— License  of 101 

BALL— Prohibiting  the  playing  at 166 

BALLAST— In  relation  to  discharge  of  109 

Regulating  discharge  of 1»»7 

BEER— Relative  to  sale  of 144 

BILLIARD  TABLES— License  of 145 

BOWLING  ALLEYS— License  of i»> 

BONDS— Of  Assessor  and  Collector 7 

Clerk & 

Marshal 7 

Treasurer... "»l 

BULLS— Relative  to  running  at  large 34 

CARTS— License  of... 99 

CARRIAGES— License  of 99 

CATTLE— To  prevent  running  at  large 136 

CEMETERY— In  relation  to 20 

CEMETERY    FUND— Rate  of  taxation    for 174 

CELLAR   WAYS— In  relation  to 48 


11. 

(in    OK  SEATTLE-  Wards  of 43 

Map  of 65 

Dividing  into   Police    Districts 123 

Certain  lands  within,  to  be  withheld  from  entry  at  Land  Office  149 

CITY'S  LANDING   PLACE— In  relation  to 127 

CITY  FUND— Rates   of   taxation   for 174 

CIRCUSES— License  of IQQ 

CLERK— Duties  of 52 

Bond  of 53 

Salary  of 90 

( 'OWS — In  relation  to 40 

Bells  on 41 

COACHES— License   of 99 

( CONCERTS— License  of 100 

COUNCIL— Regular  meetings  of  114 

DISORDERLY  CONDUCT— Punishment  of 3 

In  relation    to 59 

Discharging  fire-arms 59 

Assault  and  Battery 59 

Drawing  deadly    weapon  on  another 60 

Fast  driving 5-61 

Resisting  officer 60 

Falsely  assuming  to  be  a  Peace  officer 60 

Throwing  glass  in  the  streets 61 

Driving  horse  on    sidewalk 61 

Defacing  property 61 

Gambling 18 

Drunkeimess 3 

Vagrants 17-33 

Prostitutes 36 

Indian  women 33 

DOGS— Regulating  the  keeping  of 103 

License  of 103 

|>K(  XKENNESS— Punishment  of  3 

DRAYS— License    of 99 

DRIVING— Punishment  for 5-61 

EXHIBITIONS— License  of 100 

FALSE    FIRE  ALARMS— To  prevent Ill 

KI  RES— Prevention   of. 10-115 

F 1 R  E- A  RMS— Discharge    of 59 


111. 

FIRE  WARDEN -Duties  of , 73-120 

FIRE  LIMITS— Establishment   of 114 

FIRE  FUND— Rate  of  taxation  for 174 

FREIGHT— Regulating  the  landing  of  at   City's   landing  place 127 

FRONT    STREET— Assessment    District   to  pay  for  grading  on 160 

Levying  of  taxes  for  grading  thereon 171 

GAMBLING— Punishment  of....   18 

GAMING  TABLE&-Lieense  of 145 

GAS  WORKS— Authorizing  construction  of 28 

GAS  FUND— Rate  of  taxation  for 174 

GOATS— To  prevent  running  at  large 136 

GRADES— Establishment  of 83 

Assessment  District  to  pay  for  on  Front  street  ...    160 

HARBOR— Rules   governing 50 

HARBOR   MASTER— Salary  of 97 

Duties  of 121 

HAWKERS— License    of 101 

HEALTH— In  relation    to 76 

HEALTH  OFFICER-Duties  of 76-120 

Salary  of <*; 

HIGHWAYS— Relative    to   improvement  of 139 

HOTEL  RUNNERS— In  relation  to 94 

License  of 94 

HOGS— To  prevent  running  at  large 136 

HORSES— To  prevent  running  at  large 136 

JENNY  LIND  TABLES— License  of 14o 

LANDS— Authorizing  Mayor  to  enter   certain 43 

To  elect  certain  to  be  withheld  from  entry  at  Land  Office.  149 

LANDING  PLACE  OF  CITY-In  relation  to 127 

LAGER   BEER-Relative   to  sale  of 144 

LICENSES— Of  female  in  saloons 57 

Hotel  runners 94 

Vehicles 99 

Public  amusements 100 

Auctioneers 101 

Hawkers 101 

Peddlers 101 

Dogs 103 


IV. 

Retail   liquor 143 

Grocery 144 

Wholesale  liquor 145 

Gaming  tables 14f> 

L1QUOKS     Illative  sale  of 143 

LIGHTS-    Establishing  limits  for 173 

Kate  of  taxation  for 174 

MARSHAL    Duties  of 20 

Salary  of 96 

MISDEMEANORS— Punishment  of 14 

MOSS— Removal  of  from  roofs 90 

MULES— To  prevent  running  at   large. 132 

OFFICERS- Duties  of 

Attorney .  .  120 

Health  Officer 120 

Fire  Warden 120 

Harbor  Master 121 

Chief  of  Police.... 70-80-07-121 

Policemen 70 

Special  Police  Officer 149 

Treasurer 121 

Steward  of  Engine   House 126 

Street  Commissioner 97 

OMNIBUSES— License  of 99 

ORDINANCES— To  provide  for  printing  of ..  ...  164 

PEDDLERS— License  of 101 

PIGEON-HOLE   TABLES— License  of 145 

POISON— Prohibiting  the  laying  out  of 125 

POLICEMEN— Duties  of   Chief  of  Police  and  Policemen 70-97-121 

Salary 121 

Chief  of  Police  in  relation  to  health  of   City 80 

Special  Police  Officer 149 

POLICE  DISTRICTS— Dividing  City  into 123 

POWDER— Regulating  the  keeping  of 4S 

PRINTING— Of  Ordinances  in  pamphlet  form 161 

PUBLIC  PRINTING— Providing  for 126 

PROSTITUTES— In  relation  to 36 

PROPERTY— Destruction  of  by  boys 39 

Improving  City  property 65 

RAILWAYS— Authorizing  construction  of  129 


V. 

REVENUE— Levying   taxes   for..     I.V2 

HOOKS— To  prevent  the  collection   of  moss  on 90 

KOAI)    FUND     Hate*  of  taxation   for 171 

SALARIES  OK  OFFICERS: 

Justice  ot'  the    Peace !»;> 

Marshal % 

Clerk 96 

Attorney 9rt 

Treasurer 96 

Health  Officer <*; 

Surveyor 97 

Street  Commissioner 97 

Harbor  Master  ... 97 

Assessor  and  Collector 97 

Policemen 97 

Steward    of  Engine  House 122 

SALOONS— Closing  of  on  Sundays 11 

S.  &   W.   W.  R.  R,  &  T.    CO.-Deeding   tide  flats  to :« 

SHOWS— License  of 100 

SMOKE   HOUSE— In  relation  to 81 

SPECIAL  POLICE  OFFICER— Appointment  of • 149 

STREETS— To  prevent  the  placing  of  saw-dust  in 14 

Obstruction    of 17 

Rubbish   in 91 

Changing  names  of &l 

Improvement  of 139 

Creating  Assessment  District  to  pay  for  Front  St.  grade.  160 

STREET  COMMISSIONER— Salary  of 97 

Duties  of 97 

STREET  RAILWAYS— Authorizing  construction  of 129 

STEWARD  OF   ENGINE  HOUSE— Duties  of l±i 

Salary  of l*f 

SURVEYOR— Salary  of 97 

TAXES— Treasurer  to  purchase  land  in  payment  of 151 

Assessment  and  collection  of — 152 

Special  levy  of,  to  pay  for  Front  St.  grade 171 

Levy  of,  for  year  1880 17.1 

THEATRES— License  of 100 

TREASURER— Duties  of .">M21 

Bond  of 54 

Salary  of % 


VI. 

To  purchase  land  in  payment  of  (axes I,~>I 

VAGRANTS— Punishment  of ..  . 17 

VAGRANCY— Definition  of 17 

Punishment  of  Indian  women  for 33 

VEHICLES— License  of 99 

WAGONS— License  of 99 

WHARF— Landing  of  freight  on 127 

WOMEN— In  relation  to  Indian  women 33 


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